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1950
O. P. PEARSON
27
Feb. 11
Lubav Cave, _____ Blasta Cr, Calif.
Left 7:30 a.m. for Lassen with Anita (last night). Arrived Lubav
Caves 11 a.m. Clear day, 6" snow on ground. Physical conditions
in the Caves was different than last year. In North branch
only a few stalagnite icicles at entrance and considerable water
dripping from ceiling in most places except in the
long arm beyond its cave-in. The chamber where we
slept last year was too wet for sleeping this year.
Temp. in the bat chamber of north branch was 4.6 C. No
bats present.
In south branch of Lubav there were many long
icicles from ceiling (none last year), some more than 6 ft long
and one reaching ground from 14-foot ceiling. There were
about a dozen single Cory on ceiling at drafty
cross-tunnel where the ceiling temperature was 1.0 C.
Body temp of one of these 9 bats was 1.2 C. In
the bat-chamber the temp. was 3.5 and many
Cory were present in 1 big cluster or as pairs or
singles. The cluster contained 17 bats: 14 Cory,
14 S Cory, and 2 Mystria (probably M. californianus and
M. subvelatus). This is the first time I have heard
of any other species in contact with Cory. All or almost
all in cluster had their straight; singletons had theirs
curled up, or occasionally 1 up and 1 down. Read bands
and bandels. Kept notes except of the 2 Mystria in
the cluster (631, 632 AKP) and 3 other subvelatus hanging
singly. 26 S returns, 3 female returns. Banded
3 new small spotted SS and 2 big spotted SS, also banded