Mymel Hertz 1969 Journal 116 Saleras, 4000m., Depto. Ayacucbo, Pem. Sept. 8 (cont.) 7:30 am to Saleras, which was 17 miles further up the road. In the pampa grasslands we saw vicuñas, alpaca & llama. The habitat is not particularly good. It is dry and overgrazed. Apparently there are tinamou and viscachas here, too. We set up camp by the forestry station but after putting up our specimens we decided to move because of problems with the frogs. 12:00 noon. We drove 6 miles E on the road from headquarters at this point we saw a dirt road branching off on the right and took it. We've stopped and are looking around. We will probably camp here tonight as the terrain looks good. There are extensive of good tinamou grassland as well as cliffish rock formations & walls for mice. We have seen several family groups of vicuñas, usually numbering about 6. They are fairly tame and don't run off if watched from the road. There is a large male with each group, and he is on the lookout, often on a high part of land, closely by his grazing family. The male always keeps between the intruder and his group. We saw one male do quick leg movement with his hind legs, as lay his ears back. They also utter a type of warning or alarm call that is a high, almost whistling type squeal. It reminds me in some ways of a bee hum of a honeybee, although