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Aug 19
Wages paid
1972
Journal
are General Gen, 16 km NE point of San Martin,
Asuncion Paraguay.
7 July
neatly torpid in the net when we landed then later on one flew into deep traps from
which he eventually recovered. Weather
became increasingly colder & we quit around
9:30.
Corner of General Juanino Franco &
Kubitscheck st, Asuncion Paraguay.
9 July
name change in street - Gral Franco
used to be Espana. Wonder what's life of
street names is here? This is backyard of our
house. 4 mel set over grass. about 7:30
caught small fruit bat (#211) similar
to those caught at Isla de Francia July 7.
warmer but still cool.
Encarnacion Dept. Stacia Paraguay.
12 July 4 molossid taken from an abandoned
silo in the city. There were probably
hundreds of bats, but all we encountered
in sleeping on the outside of a hut on top of
the silo. No way we could get at them
except thru 5" cracks in the boards on the
inside of the hut. We managed to snare
4 with hemostats & drag them thru.
But the place reeked of molossid & their
chirping & rustling indicated dozens of bats.