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P. PEARSON
1949
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looked in old houses etc for the missing
corvid bats. Two especially good ones: one 1+ mi.
n. of Hot Cee P.O. the other just NE of Murdoachie
had no bats. Then drove to the old flour
Mill at Glenburn, but no bats. Then left
Rivers Station at 6 p.m. Mined two more chalk
tunnel, and 1 corv and 1 m. yuma in the
other. Also 1 other corv that squealed. Several
good old house nearby, but nothing night
roosting (or day) up through 10 p.m. Moths
flying at 45%. Temp. 46° at 10 p.m.
April 9
No more bats in the 3 tunnels in chalk. Temp. at 6 a.m.
34°. Pump in the Cory tunnel in chalk 57°. Also no bats
in the deserted houses etc. Then drove toward Burns on Rt. 299,
left to Casel, rt to Lassen Rd., thence to Burns. Best bat
roost was old creamery & house along river, south of Casel.
Many droppings in refrigerated room in the creamery and
much evidence of night roosting in the houses. 2 Very good
athus in house but not [illegible] many droppings:
many droppings in warehouse on east side of road at
Maysville.
April 12
left for Inverness 3:45 p.m. with ants & bats. One male
corynothine on beam in cellar of Meriposa Pavilion in
Lagunitas. Arrived Golden's barn about 6 p.m. Tadarida
gurus, Myotia ? yuma under board on stair landing (about 6)
and about a dozen Cory in attic rather wakeful.
Caught 3 of them and 1 more later in four [illegible] better room.
This one probably disturbed from athus. Also caught and