Field notes, v1350
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Myrna Long 1969 journal 110 5 mi, 5w Otayco, 8000ft, Dept. La Libertad, Peru Sept. 2 (cont) traps under brush and magay cactus. Ray set snap traps and small shermans lower down on the slope. Dr. Koford set snap traps and large shermans up the hill. It is a fairly warm, windless & cloudless night. There are a few insects calling, and no night birds apparent. I saw some mouse sign when I was setting traps, and trapped in much the same kinds of places as I did last time. At about 5:00pm little flies are very active. At night, the insects seem to be predominantly moths. No bat calls heard. Sept. 3 Last night after 10:00p.m. I heard bat cries. Insect sounds were more abundant, also. At 6:45 this morning I checked my traps. I caught 4 mice in my large shermans, 3 in the small shermans, and 9 in the snap traps, a total of 16 mice. Eleven of them are Phyllotis andium, 6 alive and 5 dead. I only got 1 Akodon in a live trap, and 4 higher up in the thicker brush in snap traps. Ray caught 4& Phyllotis andium Akodon. 2 dead and 2 alive. In a live trap Dr. Koford caught a very large Drymops. The Akodon seem to be more abundant higher up in the thicker, deeper brush. I caught one beneath a magay plant. After I finished picking up my live traps I stopped to rest a minute. I soon saw something that now like a squirrel approaching me