Field notes, v1408
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C. Koford 1956 Artibeus lituratus palmarum and A. jamaicensis December 12, 1956. Barro Colorado Island, C.I.Z. A.I.P: Twh ad.♀ net SM₁ at 7 p.m. Marked LR₂ RR₂. Forearm 71. Tanng brown. Vag. open. Nipples tinyd, 3x3 mm. wt. 82. at 8 p.m. took 5 mous 2 or 3 into net while I was holding over, as if squealing attracts. Another taken 10 p.m. A. jam. ♀ forearm 61 min. pilose LR₂ RR₃ A.J. ♀ 60 " " RR₃ [sic] OJ A.J. 62 " " RR₄ OJ A.J. 59 " " RR₅ ♀ A.I.P. 73 ad. LR₁ RR₁ nipples 4x3, black tips: ♀ A.I.P. 71 ad. LR₁ RR₂ nipples 4½x3 black tips. Very early in breeding season apparently. January 3, 1957. In mist net across SM trail near (near) water took clearing took 2 between 7 and 9 p.m. A.I.P. ♀, vag. pigmented, nips tiny, 67 gms., forearm 64. (brushed but no mos. externally) ♂, scat. slight pigm., testis ♂, 55gms., forearm 70. On same net took 7 until. A jamaicensis and several Vampyrops vaga. Net dam & remains eaten lat in it in early morning. A. jamaicensis January 12, 1957. First Took 3 about midnight near SM₁ in mist net. ♀ pregnant, wt. 46 gms., forearm 64. C-R 9 mm. Row, enlarged, 3 mm. diam. Facial lines indistinct. Dk. gray color. No thin upper molar, (A.I.P. possible). First pregnant artibeus taken. 12♀ parasitic flies on pelage. // Another ♀ pregnant, 1 emb., C-R18, R. ov. 3½ mm. long with 1½mm. yellow brown corpus; fat; 88-0-17-22, 56 gms., forearm 64; lips vulva pigmented, nipples 3 mm. high x 6 wide at base, + could express clear liquid; red (blood color) chigger wing membranes, white deep in pirnnae; 3 flies + mites. // Another ♀, forearm 60, had 30♀ flies, A.J.J.