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154
Journal
Muyey
plus
1973
17 Aug
270 km NW Villa Hayes (yard, Dept. Pto. Hayes, Paraguay)
both the large & small type also caught a vampire,
the first from Charrua 2 Noctilio leporinus, & saw
several flying. 24 < Eptesicus > & #16 released, includ;
9 Tadarida & 2 of a type new to me, perhaps a
Eumops (large & ligeread). 40 in total. weather moderated so.
also saw 5 or 6 opos, a crab-eating raccoon (brief,
as it disappeared into the brush), & a Tamandua.
wind picked up a little around 7.
18 Aug
Hot, partly cloudy. Max Temperature 36°c.
Spent the day skimming. left farloma around 4 p.m.
290 km NW Villa Hayes (yard, Dept. Pto. Hayes, Paraguay)
Loma Thory, described previously. # Peck my net
surrounding the tin roof & at an exit along the
central beam. Becks of Tadarida. By 8:30 AM,
had caught 10 x 12 Tadarida for the Michelangel, only.
Myotis nigricans. weather warm, 22°, breeze from
N. at 3-4 AM south wind came up & sky cleared
down. Temp down a smidgen hot.
19 Aug
Temp 20°c at 7:30 AM. overcast, drizzle, wind from S.
started in at the palm roofs. Bat, not vampire,
at least 1/3 as escaped? Caught many. our large
party of 10-20 M. nigricans (all or mostly ♀)
on large spot N. allseem ♀?. Not certain if
the spots were strictly pure species but
almost a few politer & Murguesen's
2 small spof M. nigricans ♀. This all, most