Field notes, v1522
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no nothing. Things have hardly changed since Hatcher's time. Almost everyone we talk both to mention capturing them with a "white trap", perhaps hanging white sheets? After lunch drove to Salvador Gregorio, then Estonia En Julia, some of it through and stretches into roadside, but mostly through with a few quercus + ribes (plus ubiquitous sheets and now lambs). Then west on Pte 288 to Saguna Grande, a cluster of white houses by the road. Turned north on a side track about 2 km west of the fork at Saguna Grande (or Hotel La Torre) and stumbled into a long-abandoned brick house with a Histrio hanging in the shattered entryway at the front door and another in the attic hanging on a rafter. Temp. 17° both places, both torpid, both QQ. The house is surrounded of two tennis-court- sized grassy fields rimmed with sickly willows, poplars, tamarisk-like, and alamos. The house used to be at the edge of its lake, but the water is now 75 yds. away. Flemings. Everything scattered with innumerable quantities of rusty tin sheets, broken bottles, boxes, old auto tires (such as size 600x20), wagon wheels, etc. Windy. Considerable droppings on front porch and in attic. Strung 2 bat nets at 9 p.m., windy. Temp at 9:30 (dusk) 11°C. Watched nets until 11:45. One bat approached nets many times but seemed to detect them (they were billowing wildly in the wind). Wind gusts came from 10 to at least 12, and strong at least until 1:30 a.m. Temp. at 1 a.m. 7°, at 3:00 a.m. 4°, at dawn 3°. At 1 p.m. nets held 3♀ Histrio, at 1:30 another one♂, at 3:00 another ♀ plus one that was just hanging from the net by its hind feet. Nov. 7, morning clear, but wind built up before 7:30 and then more galecast. Three caught between 1:30 and 3:00 was filled immediately and had stomach ½ full.