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Mycinal Lees
1969
Journal
26
July 10 (Land)
Papa Rein Tree, 150+ ft., Depto. Lima, Peru
grey heronne droppings the size of squirrel droppings.
The larger tracks were: ::::: this size, and
had typical mouse locomotion, leaving tracks
like:
There were foot tracks and also tracks of the
bird Borinus, with large bird droppings.
The small print seemed more abundant on the
lower part of the slope while the large ones
were more evident in the intermediate level.
Towards the top, where little Iellansia grew, I found
few tracks, but this was rockier soil and
perhaps tracks don't show up as well. Maybe the
mice are active under the Iellansia mats.
This whole area seems to have old Iellansia with
a lot of matting. The plan is to put a Callon
line through this area of fairly fresh Iellansia
Tonight we observed various captive species of flylites.
There is a remarkable contrast in behaviors. All the
P. darwini (limatus + porticulis) are much more
docile, while the P. anicus are jumpy and nervous.
The high altitude P. darwini porticulis also have
not built nests whereas the others have.
Plans for the study area are soil samples (seed core,
floating, etc.), arthropod censusing, point
samples, Callon lines, etc.