Myrual Leonz 1969 journal 6 june 28 (cont.) Mt. Picluncha, 3500 m., Quito, Prov. de Pichincha, Ecuador four mice were found today. We set traps in several places along the road, and ended up with 1 line, separated in about 3 places, of ? 68 Shermons (apparently 2 traps were lost this morning). We tried to place traps in grassy places at the base of high banks of the road. Some traps were placed on top of the bank, some in holes in the bank, but mostly at the base. As we were leaving (6:00 pm), the temperature was dropping noticeably. The sky was clearing, and the moon is essentially a full one. We plan to return tomorrow morning to collect the traps before we start out to see Cotapaxi. june 29 6:30 am. We left to check the traps. The morning was pretty warm, but still cloudy. The results were 3 Phyllotis, 2 had frozen to death during the night, but 1 young one was still alive. All the mice caught on Mt. Pichincha were on the East facing slope. The live one today was at an elevation of 3600 m., in a grassy, ferny area beneath a bank that is fairly bare except for some weeds & overhanging grasses. The bank is about 5 ft. high. The vegetation is dense with grass, clover, and some plants with yellow flowers. A dead Phyllotis (MAL #123) was at a trap nearby at the same elevation. It was cought beneath a heavily vegetated bank, with