first valley bottom, the others in rocky-crudy or cliffs. A garcho on the estancia says there was a plague last summer of such smaller mice (lauchas) that ate ropes around the corral etc. He seemed surprised that we didn't catch any of them. Various people questioned along the way south of Pilcomayo said no bats. The RR doesn't seem to have station houses, or if so (Cont.) N0752-1976 1) 8 - adult sized, red-backet Atenbor discarded, as follows: 3♀♀: early freq, 3 embr. early freq, 3 embr. uterus 2 mm, not visibly freq, vagina very short. 5♂♂: testis 11 mm testis 12 mm testis 12 mm testis 13 mm . testis 12 mm 2) Discarded : 3 Phyllostis - 2♀♀, 1♂: { vagina open, uterus 2mm, vagina short. Ovaries in pink follic or Cl. vagina open, uterus 1.5 mm, vagina short, overly large follics. ♂ testis 10 mm, SV 13. they are unsatisfactory for bats, arrived El Maiten in mid-afternoon and heard about a possible bat location on the property of Sr Braede ± 2 km N of town on route 40 (the eastern road). It was an old wooden abandoned flour mill in a charming clearing of fruit trees, willows, etc. The caretaker lived across the road (the mill is on the east side. We set up camp among Conicent ardellions under an elderberry tree and queued fresh at the edge of an orchard (cherry, apple, pear) all in bloom. This vegetation must be saying something about the climates here. The caretaker's sons had caught bats in this mill a couple of years ago. We string two nets at the mill. Howl grows and mourning love singing, roliers about.