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Murray
1948
79
Journal
May 23 Buena Vista, 25°F., 23°38′N, 109°41′W, Baja Calif
Shot 1♀. Callisaurus draconoides is
thick here and exceedingly tame. Also
saw some Diposaurus dorsalis, and
Uta microscutatus late in the evening.
Shot 2♀ Eptesicus fuscus in the evening.
The bats flying here seem to follow a pattern,
with the Myotis flying at early dusk, feeding
over the brush beside the road where I
stand. Later, when it is much darker,
the Eptesicus, and whatever other large
bats there are come straight and fast down
the road, so consistently that it must amount
to a pathway.
May 24 Same location to Las Cuevas
On our way again, driving the
short distance to Las Cuevas. Here
found a crude town of thatched huts
overlooking a broad river bed with
high, sheer, solid sandstone cliffs.
On the far side we found a large
cave washed out of the base of the
cliff, with aid of 19 Mexicans. This
had two main chambers at tandem,
the first about 30 ft. high, and the
other more than 20. Total depth was
around 120 ft. At the rear and high on
the wall was a solid mass of Myotis