Field notes, v1506
Page 149
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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.