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Koford
Molossus coibensis
October 23, 1956 Barro Colorado Is., C.Z.
At 5:30 p.m. I strung a mist net 30' long & 6 ft.
high over grass at E. side of New Lab. Bats heard in
conjugated aluminum roof. At 6:05 first bat in
net, then others. About 10 extracted by 6:35 p.m.
I made skins of a ? & ♀ (1820, 1921 C.B.K.), wts. of 5♀♀
11-18½ gms. (2 were 12 gms.). Wts. 8♂♂ 17-19 gms.,
4 being 18 or +. Two still alive 4 p.m. Oct. 24 tho were in
refrig. all night (? & ?). The 13 bats taken by 8:30 p.m.
Last night. Net visited at 2:30 a.m. & 6 a.m. but no more bats.
Put up 3 of these. Mystics under conjugated aluminum roof just
inside alley same building (New Lab).
December 23, 1956. I strung net near W. side of New
Lab & took several. One injured by another in fog & so
killed. Black backs, forearm 35, ♀ with nipple slightly
segmented & concentrically (1 mm. wide), 14 gms., measure-
ed 95-32-7-13; adult. Others brown & apparently
imm. One 10 gms., forearm 33½. Banded ♀, forearm
34½, no. 58-81506. Another, forearm 34½, 58-81505.
.... 504, forearm 34. # 503, forearm 35. --- 502,
forearm 34. All♀♀, banded L.wing, #1 bwd; nipple
trigs not segmented. Apparently from under conjugated
aluminum of roof.
January 3, 1957. One netted next to Alice Creek House in evening.
Examined, banded, released.