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Murray
1948
Journal
May 31 Santa Anita, 250+ ft., (Cape District) Baja Calif.
Few were Daypletes which for once beat
the Pipistrelles out. Most of the bats we
saw arrived from the N or NW; could
have come from palms and heavy growth
which extended in that direction. All the
larger bats flew fairly high and over us
toward the water. Pipistrelles and Myotis
soon began to feed all around. We
were shooting in a bare cornfield
adjoining the water. Several Jadanda
femorosacea flew over. Shot 3P Daypletes
ega and 1 Myotis velifer which was lost.
This afternoon we looked into an
empty building and found a group of
Myotis velifer hanging in a corner and
living in a crack there. Probably all the
Myotis flying in the evening were velifer
There was also a Macrotus californicus
in the building in another room.
Spent the night at one of the ranches here.
June 1 6 mi N San Jose del Cabo, 250+ ft., Baja Calif.
Today we drove into San Jose del Cabo
to have tires fixed, get supplies, etc. Then
in the afternoon returned to the site of
a cave we had looked into on the way.
This was located at the base of a small
sandstone hillside and extended narrowly