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Murray
1948
Journal
May 3 Mulege, 25 ft., Baja California
with narrow deep walled Y shaped origination.
There is palo verde and palo blanca, lumbou,
cholla, and other thorny brushes. The cliffs
seem to be bare volcanic rock, some of
it conglomerate, while parts of the wash
bottom are soft sand. The traps were
partly on the slopes, and in both rocky
and sandy wash.
At dusk a great swarm of Pipistrellus
poured down the canyon, of which Dr.
Benson shot 5. Many of them were around
the stream later when we reached it.
We heard that the bat cave is in the next
canyon.
May 4 Same location
The 50 traps caught exactly nothing. All
but a few had the bait stolen, probably by
ants. Two were snapped and disrupted!
Saw a vermilion flycatcher.
Packed up to leave but first went up
to the cave we had heard so much about
with the guidance of a soldier. Found the
mouth small, leading into a rounded out
cavern about 50x30 feet; and 5 ft. high
near the front tapering down to almost
nothing at the rear. The floor was covered
with a deep layer of fine powdery dust.