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Quast
1948
Macroctus californicus
3
May 20 San Antonio, [illegible], Baja California.
entrance and in a place where the air could
be felt to be circulating. Upon being frightened
at our approach all but four of the specimens
flew back to an inaccessible part of the mine.
Four flew towards the entrance, three of which
were captured by the group later.
May 20 1 mile E of San Antonio, Baja California
[illegible]
About 80 of this species caught today in
a mine at about this location. The mine is
situated in a hill covered with Palo blanco tree
and occurs where the general direction of the road
changes from about East to South on the east
side. The mine was composed of a horizontal
tunnel at road level with several blind passages
leading off it and a main vertical (45°) passage
that led from the main horizontal shaft to an
opening in the hill about 200 ft higher than
the first one. Near the upper opening are three
blind passages in which the late of this species
and also 'Leptonycteris' were caught. Both
types were found in the same passages but
they were disturbed when we reached them.
They were in the passage closest to the outside
on the upper level when discovered (About 5:30
P.M.) and flew to the interior when disturbed
by a shot by Dr. Benson.
Both types were captured by chasing them