Field notes, v1404
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C. Koford 1952 Journal June 18, 1952 3 mi. NE Arapa, Dpto. Puno Bought 24" rainbow trout for breakfast. Boges fished with nets by local people. Traps held 2 like my 1045, 2 P. osilae, 6 L. pictus. Put up those catalogued; discarded others. June 19, 1952 To Hda. Calacala, 7 mi. SW of Tiroso Navig. driven down toward Tiroso yesterday afternoon. Today continued on to Hda. Calacala near Pucuta. Much reed (totra) & marshy area between Tiroso & turnoff to Pucuta (near Huascani), & shallow rocky lake for 3 mi. along road toward Pucuta. Smell from insected black & white headed grebe, & larger white throated brom masked kind (both collected before) com- mon on these lakes, & some Anas flavinucha + flagei. Found Mr. & Mrs. Parker at Calacala & camped in traditional house. 12 mi. from Huascani-Tiroso road its turnoff to Calacala. Set 25 traps in thick grass & near wet places or streams. June 29, 1952 Traps held 4 A. ibiswini, 3 P. osilae, 1 L. pictus. A dog caught a Cavia dark fur, in thick grass near a stream. This area grayer than Umayo & with much thick grass but almost no shrubs. Marsh hawks, sparrows- loubers, caracaras, Gymnopelia, Zonotrichia, common in yard near trees. Discarded mice not catalogued. Saw 2 Cavia at fast rock wall in late afternoon. Took up 5 traps & set 24 additional, 21 on dry rocky hill, & where some grass & shrubs. Other traps had 4 A.