Field notes, v1350
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Myrna Leary 1969 journal 12 Sept. 10 (cont.) 10 mi. WNW Puguio, Depto. Ayacucho, Peru diurnal. Maybe that explains why so many of my traps set in places where there ~~were~~ fresh droppings were empty. The pictus were caught fairly close to each other. Perhaps the boliviensis & pictus have separate territories as well as being active different times of the 24 hr. day. They are about the same size, but ~boliviensis~ has a shorter tail, seemingly more contrastingly colored, furry rusty colored ears with a little white at the base, darker soles of the feet, smaller ears, and a darker general ~~p~~ pelage becoming rusty ~~at~~ at the back. At 8:00am when I got back to camp I saw a boliviensis run through the colon, stop near a rock, then run to a rock wall where it climbed up about 2 1/2 feet into a crevise. Most of the traps I had set last night caught animals at ground level. Perhaps the boliviensis can climb whereas pictus tends to stay closer to the ground. Ray caught nothing, but shot 2 finches and a flycatcher. Dr. Kidford shot a hummer, and caught 6 pictus and 1 boliviensis. I set about 40 small & large Sherman's around the rock walls this morning. The red sipses were calling