Field notes, v1517
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PEARSON 1949 Labyrinth Cave, 4800ft; Lava Beds Nat Mon, Modoc Co, Calif. 64 1475 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai caught Feb 5, left arm and pel. Injected 25 im. antitoxin 5 Feb 24 subcut. and Feb 25 (in evening). Killed 8 am. Feb 27. nipple large. Ut. 1.2 mm., rt. horn thicker than left, B.V. not thick walled but firm. Both ovaries with small and med follicle. Pr sections: small + small med follicles. No corpora, no sperm. Vagina stub sterilized. 1476 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai captured of alone but not injected. nipple large. Ut. 1mm. B.V. not conspicuously white-sheathed but firm. No follicles seen in either ovary. NE of Folsom, Marin Co, Calif. 1477 ♀ Sorex vagrans vagrans 99 x 39 x 13 x 9 4.2g. March 4, caught by M. Koford and Mr. Vogl. Vagina large, no emb. 1478 ♂ Sorex vagrans vagrans 97 x 36 x 12 x 7 5.7g March 4, caught by M. Koford and M. Vogel. B.V.-methyl 4mm. scent glands distinct. T.Letha 6.5mm. 800ft. Aetna Springs, Napa Co., Calif March 11, 1949 1479 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai intermedius 110 x 51 x 11 x 38 dn attic area kitchen, with M. Koford and W. Foll. Air temp. 50°. Torpid, nipple small. vagina pale, B.V. thick-walled, rt. horn > 2mm. wide. Both horns short and "chunky". Both ovaries orange-purple with small + medium follicles, rt. ovary follicles slightly larger than left. No corpora seen. Not full. Pr sections: r. ov with small follicles and small corpora luteum + large corpuscle. L. ov. with small follicles. 53 cleaving ova in uterne, <48 cells arrested, no zona. Uterine glands ring well developed. No sperm seen at head of uterus, ova in rt. horn. 1480 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai intermedius 109 x 55 x 11 x 37 captured 1479. nipple medium. Uterus slightly rosier, B.V. thick-walled, rt. horn about 2 mm., thick and slightly swollen. Left ov. smaller also. Rt. ov. with small follicles. Left ovary with small follicles and one pale oviductal projection possibly corpora luteum. ovaries orange-purple. Not full. Pr sections: small folicles in rt and left ovars, plus small corpora in left, not arrested no sperm seen at tubo-uterine junction. 55 cleaving ovum in uterne, <11 cells, arrested, no zona. Vagina with many sperm. confined 1481 5 1/2 mi W of and 1 mi N of Lower Lake, Lake Co, Calif. March 11, 1949 ♀ Corynorhinus rafinesquai intermedius 109 x 50 x 10 x 37 way north home. air temp 44°. with M. Koford and W. Foll. nipple tiny. Not full. Uterine pale, B.V not thick walled. Both horns "full" (arrested), about 1-2 mm wide, but rt. horn slightly longer although same thickness. No corpora med. follicles in either ovary or corpora, small folicles in sections of Rt + Lt ovars and some corpora in left. 35 ova and large block of granulosa just entering oviduct, 1 at PB and 2nd arrested chromatin. No sperm seen (over)