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Murray
1948
Journal
June 13 Sa Laguna to Jodos Santos.
Traveling a shorter route, we made it in
less than five hours, while going up was
over six.
We repacked our load and drove to
Jodos Santos. Here bathed in an irrigation
ditch running through cultivated fields
at the edge of town. It was late in the
afternoon and bats began to fly in quite
large numbers. We shot at them to the
great delight of the assembled populace.
There were pipistrelles, Tadarida mexicana,
and Dasypterus ega at least. 1♂ 2♀ Tadarida,
1♂ Dasypterus.
Camped for the night a short distance
out of town.
June 14 Mina Estrella Polar, 600 ft., 3 mi E Pescadero
Today we went to investigate old mines
for bats. The first was back down the
road past El Pescadero and out a sideroad
into the hills. Here found the mine
a series of several stopes, all rather
steep. Descended one by rope, about 30 feet
deep to a short horizontal shaft. At the
end of this was another nearly vertical
stope about 4 feet wide and at least 40
feet deep. There were a number of posts
as braces. Many Natalus mexicanus