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Murray
1948
58
Journal
Mayo Pozo Grande, 25°46'N, 112°02'W, Baja Calif.
dead cardons and brush.
Coming down the canyon saw 3 Citellus
atricapillus.
After the long descent we finally emerged
onto the Magdalena plain. Here was soft
brown sand on which grew cardon,
cholla, ocotillo and pitahaya all with
considerable orchilla on them.
Came to Pozo Grande where we ate at
a ranch house and then camped by the
nearby pond. This was about 80 x 20 yds,
bordered on one side by a few mesquites.
Heavy use by cattle apparently precluded
any more growth. Just before dusk
the air was filled with violet-green swallow
and a few killdeers. Then bats began to
appear, seeming to pour out of a small
rocky ridge along one bank. I netted
3 Mystis yumanensis by standing on a
rock by the water, and the others shot
some. These tended to stick rather close
to the water and often close to the bank
sometimes flying into the bushes. A little
later, larger bats appeared, among which
Eptesicus fuscus was represented. We
tried to hunt after dark by the light of
truck headlights but to no avail. The