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Transcription
Quest
1948
Journal
5/1
May 20 Trunfo, 1500 ft, Baja California
Maximum temperature today was 95° F, but
it felt much hotter because of a lazy overcast
and apparent high humidity.
Broke camp at 2:30 and departed for
Lantonio. Shot a Eile Woodpecker from a
cuamouchel tree just east of camp.
May 20 Lantonio, [illegible] ft, Baja California
4:30 P.M. Just finished hunting bats in
two mines about 2 miles by road towards
Trunfo from here. The two mines are visible on
the south side of the road just this side of
the pass between the two towns. Many Macrotus
californicus were seen, but only three captured.
The mines are quite extensive, and appeared
to be good place for bats, but only one
of them had bat in it, and three just Macrotna
californicus. In the lower mine an open
nest of Neotoma lepida was seen. It was
about two feet off the floor and built on
at a flat place in the rocks, appearing like
a bird's nest made out of a redwood-like bark.
Lantonio is a smaller town than Trunfo
but in a much better condition and looking'
quite prosperous. A very large mine and associated
buildings is visible from the pass, and is about
two miles south of this town.
The Gulf of California is visible to the