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on Coryphomys in the Old Bale Mill.
Between 5 and 10 escaped. 7 were trashed in
1949. We trashed 11 new adults, 3 young ff and
5 young ss. One f was still preg., but the
young ranged old, from 35-43, so there were
no very young bats present in the catch. Six of the 18 adults were not lactating or pregnant!
The caretaker told us the barn was sprayed
about 5-6 weeks earlier against termites, and
this may account for the high reproductive
failure. Caretaker says the bats were there in
large numbers at the time of the spraying. Two
embalmed mummies found on floor.
At Aetna Springs the others had no Coryphomys,
but Antrozous with young were along the wall near
the chimney, and Tadarida & Myotis (including
rimature Myotis) were behind the chimney.
We found the Cory colony in the upper
tunnel at Aetna Mines, and we believe we caught
them all, although one escaped without seeing her bad.
There were: 22 adults, 20 young.
of the adults:
1 was 1 yr old (of 9 possible)
3 were 2 yr old (of 5 seen in 195?)
18 were 3 yr old & older.
The 2 non-breeders were in the 3yr+ older
young group. We have taken so many from this colony
that the percentage returns for these groups are
meaningless. Two ff of the 18 oldest group were