Mypual Leng 1469 journal 5 Mt. Pichincha, 3500 m., Quito, Prov. de Pichincha, Ecuador. ground vegetation. The next trap held what I hope to be-Phyllothis. This was set where the bank is higher (12-15 ft.) and more bare. The place where the trap was still had a good deal of vegetation, mostly grasses and low shrubs and plants. There was a bunch of pumpas grass overhanging. The 4th trap had another Phyllothis. This was set in a similar habitat, among the grasses near the edge of the bank. The other 18 traps had nothing. The vegetation there wasn't quite as thick and grassy as the first 4. Generally, the environment is drier then that right below it. Above the road is grassy chaparral and below it is steep forest area. We saw many birds - colibras, the antipitta, many hummingbirds, hawks, doves, seabins, sparrows, flower piercers, etc. The weather is overcast and cloudy and somewhat cool. Saw interaction between hummus and flower piercers. At 4:00 pm. Fernando picked us up and we made our way back up Mt. Pichincha. The weather was cloudy and cooling. We drove up to the road slide and decided to hike up along the road past where we set traps last night, and look for habitat like that where the