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April
1948
Journal
72
May 20 San Antonio, munift., Baja California
east from the pass west of town.
Upon leaving town a deserted shack was
investigated for bats in the thatched roof. No
bats were present, but two Peromyscus
cremicus were chased out of the thatched
roof into the afternoon sun.
May 20 1/2 mile E of San Antonio, Baja California.
Stopped at an old mine by the road. It
was composed of a large tunnel entering
the hill at road level and a slanting tunnel
up from the main one leading outside to
an opening about 200 ft higher than the
lower tunnel. The mine was found to be
full of Macrotes californicus and what
Dr Benson tentatively called Leptonycter.
I put up five of each type which are entered
in the catalog under the above heading and
date. About 100 bats of the two types
were caught by chasing them into a
blind tunnel and then closing the entrance
with a large mosquito net. Both types
of bats were found to bite, the "Leptonycter"
very viciously. Over half of the bats
were dead upon reaching a spot to camp
about five miles down the road. They
probably died from heat and suffocation--
some being packed very tightly in what