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Mymal Reorg
1969
Journal
120
Sept. 9
(out.)
10 mi. WNW Pucios, 13600 ft., Depto. Ayacucho, Peru
decided to camp in this vicinity tonight. We
drove back to headquarters to get our car and
returned here, where we are camped below some
Inca ruins (the name of this valley is Inca Huasi =
Inca House). There is a small stream nearby, and
I spotted a green-winged teal (Anis flavinucha)
there, which Dr. Koford shot. The rock walls
here near the road have piles of small mouse
droppings up on the rocks on the walls. I
walked about 1/3 mile north to the ruins where
I set 40 snap traps among the rocks. There were
droppings around, but not as abundant as
at the rock walls near camp. The birds line
tend to go in flocks, so it probably isn't
breeding season. Dr. Koford set about 30 snares
across the road at another bunch of a rock walls.
Tonight Ray will set traps where the piles of mouse
droppings are. This afternoon when I was
out hunting Inamon I saw a lizard run
under a rock. I lifted the rock and it was
frozen there, so I grabbed it. (MAL 395).
Tonight is clear and cold again.
Sept. 10
At about midnight last night I heard reed
snipes calling as they flew over. At 6:30 am
I checked my traps. In the first 20 traps
I had 10 mice - 8 Phyllosticta pictus and
2 Phyllosticta bolivianis. L. bolivianis is