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Myrna Heng
1969
journal
104
Aug.30 (cont.)
5 mi. S.W Otuzco, 8000 ft., Pyslo La Libertad, Peru
Towards Santiago de Cluceo. We took a little
road towards the pueblo of Huacaway and
are camped
We foot at a turnout on the road, 5 mi. S.W.
Otuzco, 8000 ft. The hills here are cultivated
to a limited extent with some oats, and there
is evidence of grazing sheep or goats; however,
there are rocks and brush and good habitat
for mice. At 8000 ft., we have a chance of
getting magister. I set 21 small shermans and
23 snap traps up a rocky, bushy canyon.
Dr. Koford set his snap traps and 7 small
shermans in grass and rocks. Ray set his
snap traps along a rock wall. The weather
is warm and windless. This afternoon on
the way up here it sprinkled a little. We
got here at 5:30 pm, after having been on a
fair gravel road. The kids seemed just about
ready to settle down to roast, as I was setting my
traps. Dr. Koford thought he heard the gurgling sound
of a whiporwill.
Aug. 31
6:30 a.m. Checked our traps. Ray caught 4 mice,
all probably Phyllotis andium. Dr. Koford caught 9
mice, possibly all andium, but maybe a young
magister. I caught 11 mice - 5 Akodon
boliviensis, 5 Phyllotis andium, and 1 definite
Phyllotis magister. All these I caught beneath
large rocks, usually with dry leaf litter