Field notes, v1517
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P. PEARSON 1949 58 Subway Caves, 4300 ft., Shasta Co., Calif. 1429 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai second. Taken Subway Cave, torpid, Jan 15. Slept on. In contact with σ, didn't move overnight. Nipple large; milky fluid expressible fro vagino; much fat. Vter fairly long - rt horn longer. Blood vessel with white sheath; medi follic in left ovary; none in right. 9.0 gr 1430 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai Nipple medium-large. Caught Jan 15. Died on way home. Dissected Jan 16. Much fat. Vter larger than 14 28, smaller than 1426; 5 mm across T rt horn thicker than left: 2 mm. B.V. white-sheathed but difficult to determine because vterna blended + No large follics or [illegible] corpora in either ovary. 1431 ♂ Corynorhinus rafinesquai 7.0 gr. captured Jan 15, died on way home. Dissected Jan 16. Practically no fat. Accessorics large. Testes whitish, 4 mm, spermi'd. same size. Histologically same as 14 33. 1432 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai Subway Cave temperature + 1° C. Torpid all night. 8.5 gr. 8.5 grams. Nipple large, clear fluid expressible. Some fat. vteric, medium; rt horn larger than left. Blood vessel white sheathed. Large follicle in left ovary; none seen in right. Killed Jan 16, taken Jan 15. 1433 ♂ Corynorhinus rafinesquai 7.2 gr. torpid - cave, Jan 15. came 300 yds. SE of Ice Cave. Roosting alone. Very little fat. Accessorics large testes whitish, 4 mm. Epididymal sanding, very little intratestal tissue. Sperm follicles small, mostly fertile; few sperms. Tunnels thick, spermi'd packed with sperm. 1434 ♀ Myotis subulatus melanorhinus 85x37 x 7 x 15 Nipple tiny. No embryos, no sperm seen in uterine smear Torpid in cave, Jan 15. Subway Cave. 1435 ♂ Myotis subulatus melanorhinus 81 x 38 x 7 x 15 testes 2 mm. Torpid in cave, Jan 15. Subway Cave. 1436 ♂ Corynorhinus rafinesquai intermedius Subway Caves. Torpid in cave, Jan 15. Testis 5 mm; epididymis 5 mm. Accessorics large; 8 wide by 7 long. Many sperm in stard - small and close-packed very little intratestal tissue 1437 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai cavity Cave. Torpid. Caught Jan 15. Died on way home. Nipple tiny, not much fat. rt horn 2 mm thick, longer and thicker than left. 1 med follic in left ovary. vis stain. Sperm in uterina. B.V. thick walled and constrict, especially at tuba - uterine junction. Leucocytes in uterina, 54 good to show thick-walled uterina.