Field notes, v1502
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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