Field notes, v1350
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Myrmal being 1969 journal 123 [2 mi W summit] 15 mi. WNW Puzico, 12000 ft., Depto. Apurimaco, Peru Sept. 11 6:00 am. We left headquarters and drove her to our trap site. In my last trap, a small skimmer placed at* beside a large rock at a crevice hole, I had a live Marmosa. Perhaps this is an altitudinal record. Ray caught 1 mouse, a Phyllotis darwini. Dr. Kofod got 7 mice -- 1 Neotomys elbrous, 1 Phyllotis voliviensis, and 5 Phyllotis darwini. Many of these were caught in lushy areas. There is a little stream with small somewhat muddy pools in which there were lots of tadpoles and frogs. We caught 2 frogs and a tadpole. The frogs are medium sized, dark and reddish on the back. I noticed the pupils are very tiny and the eyes face forward. I will try to keep my Marmosa alive for behavioral studies. At 12:00 noon we put out traps again. I set 30 snap traps among the rocks and crushes. Ray set snaps & live traps, and Dr. Kofod set snaps. There are viscachas here. Dr. Kofod shot a young male. I set 3 steel trap around a boulder that looked like it might house viscachos. We drove back to headquarters, and on the way saw two Aplomado Falcons flying across the grassland. We saw one take off from a low place, fly about 100 yds., then the second followed, and they landed at about