Field notes, v1404
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C. Koford 50 Journal April 17, 1951 Hacienda Pairumani, nr. Ilave, 13000ft., Ooto Pong, Per- Noil still on ground at points in trap line. Took up all traps except 2 steel nets. Fog this morning until 7:30 & grass very wet. 16 traps at camp held no mice. 30 snares held 1 Phyllotis pictus, 1 P. deruini? 2 A. bolivianus (disarmed). Other 8 traps (ridge of cliff) ½ mile up road) held nothing. Skinned P. pictura #7477 & 2 C. spretus ♂♀. No rain today. April 18, 1951. Clear, sunny, & light frost in morning. Left Heda. P. about 8:30 a.m. Felis #7980 in steel net 2½ mile up road. Drove to near Quillocto where there was a pampas of 100 sq. miles or more with many llamas & alpacas grazing. Heard two-two lambdings & saw mountain lobo. Set Morales & Schuyler traps in & near their holes. Many shot a or two and I shot 2♀ and 1♂. Traps caught none in 3 hrs. Then drove on pampas for ½ hour ans shot 7 Cavia from car with .22. Saw the big flevers (white belly, large white wing patch) on pampas - a pair with 2 half-grown young. The black-tailed small doves fairly common in groups up to 7. Saw 1 humming bird on pampas; it bobbed while standing on grass after leaving hole, a vicin- ity of, in banks. Returned to Heda. Pairumani and prepared specimens. Overcast in afternoon but no rain. April 19, 1951. A few thin cumulus clouds in morning. Skinned the Felis. Set 52 traps (5 Schuyler, rest snap) in rocky canyon ½ mile west of Heda. buildings, on slope 20 to 400' above canyon bottom, among rocks mixed with bunch grass and various bushes. Shot a greison while setting traps. No rain today though moderate overcast in afternoon. Moon nearly full.