Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1948 91 Journal May 29 El Chorro, 2 mi W Agua Caliente, 8:00 A. (Cape District) a steady flow to pass in a concrete trough down the canyon. From this point upward, running N.W., the canyon runs between high hills and is very rocky. It is called Canyon del Sauce. A little higher the mountains are called Sierra San Rafael. Below us the canyon broadens out and the wash is covered with medium sized granite rocks. Growing there is mesquite, palo blanco, palo verde, yerba de la pasma and some large oaks, of which we also saw a number on the way here. Above us (north) towers a very steep brush covered cliff and hillside. The bats started flying early here, both the pipistrelles and larger ones. All were coming down off the hillsides, mostly down the canyon, and most flying high. They flew straight until some distance below our camp. Then the pipistrelles began to feed while the big bats sometimes dove a few times on their way, but remained quite high. Shot 12 Dasylemus ega, 13 Pipistrellus hesperus. Dr. Benson shot 4 Tadarida femorosacca farther up, which is apparently what many of the larger bats with narrow wings were. Also several other Dasylemus were taken