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Hendrickson
1950
Journal
Nov. 18 Villavicencio, Meta, to Trinidad, Boyaca, Colombia, S.A.
the "sural" formation; he says the
hummocks of are raised about 20'-30".
He knows of no accepted explanation for
the method of formation of the
"sural"; he says he is inclined to
believe it is due to erosion between
the areas of soil held by the grass
roots. Deer (usually small groups)
were seen several times
by Dr. Stebbins and Torriente Castillo;
I missed a glimpse of them each time
(they were out on the open llanos).
I noted one large (4'-4'1/2 wing spread) heron
with black primaries and secondaries,
white head, neck, and shoulders. I
also saw two "Rey gallinazo" (king
civures). N. of Rio Cravo dur we flew
over a somewhat drier-looking area
of the llanos. Here I saw one stream
(unique among those seen here
so far) which had cut its bed down
into a canyon which looked
about 50 ft. deep (CaƱo Guirrija?).
N. of this canyon the llanos again
began to appear wetter. As an index
possible
to the depth of the ponds in the llanos
of this region, Dr. Stebbins reports one
cow seen standing in the middle of