Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1948 Journal May 24 El Carrizalito, 1400 ft., 5 mi N Santiago, Baja Calif. varied and much of it green, with a number of unfamiliar forms. Found much wild fig, and copal, lumbroi, palo blanco, mesquite, with several groups of tall palm trees. Here and there are pitahaya dulce and pitahaya agria. Near the building are several large palo escopeto and bearing manqos. Well up on the hill is a fancy house for the physicians, apparently finished but never used. Near it is a spring from which water is piped to two tanks at the bottom. Two families live here and grow a few crops. At dusk we found a number of bats flying Most were pipistrelles, with a few larger. Shot 1 ? Dasypetes ega, 10 12 Eptesicus fuscus. After dark came into the building and found 6 Antrozous minor hanging in a clump in a doorway. There were also several hanging in the high corner of the stairway. This and the other corner proved to be favorite spots for them and several times some returned after being driven away. Single bats appeared in 3 small rooms downstairs and there were droppings where they must have hung. They also flew around the