Field notes, v1538
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Quast 1948 Macrotes californicus 2 April 30 Mission San Ignacio 500 ft. Baja California. was captured in a hand net by Murray and we took it outside to see if it could take off from level ground, having heard that some bats need to drop to start flying. The Macrotes was placed on flat ground and it immediately took off without any apparent difficulty although it must have been tired from being pursued about a small room for five minutes. The three Macrotes were in the same room that Mystia yumanensis were captured in last night. Very little if any eyeshine was detected in the light of the flashlight from the bats about 5 ft away. May 5 Bats May 4 1/2 mile S Mulege 12+ ft. Baja California. [Written at Baki's Concepcion] Ten or twenty taken by group in large cave in backs of mission. Associated with Mormoops megalophylla and Leptonycteris. Bats were hanging in second room of cave about 150 feet from surface. I put up three males (#128, 129, 130). May 20 La Jolla, Calif. about 20 seen in large mine about 2 miles by road back towards Triunfo. They were hanging in a spot about 50 yards from the