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Journal
June 1 6 mi N San Jose del Cabo, 250 ft., Baja Calif.
Back about 30 feet. In it were roughly
20 of the inevitable Macrotus californicus.
Our camp is located nearly on the
broad sandy flat. Close to the hill is
a spring and a ditch about 4 feet wide
running several hundred feet. Much
of the area is thickly covered with yerba
de la palma and ramajo ceniza. There are
some quamuchil trees and a few palms.
They call this hill San Pedro, and far
to the west is Sierra San Lazaro.
During bat shooting this evening found
them moderately numerous. Dasypterus
began to fly first, coming straight and
rather low. I saw one circle around very
low and enter The dried hanging leaves of
a small palm tree at a level of about 8 feet.
Poked in the leaves and shot it as it flew
away, all this occurring at 6:55, shortly
after the bats had started to fly. Pipistrellus
and Myotis velifer appeared a little later.
Shot a total of 1♀, 1♂ Dasypterus egq, 1♀ Myotis
velifer, 1♀ Tadarida mexicana.
June 2 Same location
This morning Dr. Benson scared out
about a dozen Dasypterus ega from the
palm trees nearby, thus giving excellent