Mypal Lens 1969 journal 16 Papa Leon Tree, 150+ ft., Depto. Lima, Peru guly 3 (ent.) July 4 of the wolf spiders, but no other gecko tonight. We went out to pick up the snap traps at 6:00 am. The ones I set among the stone walls caught nothing. Ray caught 1 large drygonyx [illegible] flat rocky soil. Carol found pellets of hunting owls. 8:00am We went out to our Tellensia slopes 5-5 mi NE of San Bartolo. There were no mice in any of our traps, and no sign of mice anywhere in his area. I walked along an arroyo near the sandy slope and found several large burrows and some smaller ones. The larger ones are probably deserted fox dens; the feathers on the outsides of them indicate occupancy by hunting owls now. Old fox scats I found have remains of scorpion and some marine shells in them, but no fur. In the arroyo I found an old artillery shell about 5 in. long. I shook it out and a small gecko came out. This animal is pinkish with dark & light splotches on it. This is the 2nd geckos to be found in old artillery shells. Perhaps this is a rodentless habitat where the interaction occurs among owls, arthropods, insects, geckos and foxes. Many of the slopes are pure sand with no lichen or Tellensia growing on it. Some large eagle-like birds are here, and also some hummingbirds were seen in the arroyos. We xantheomus