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Quest
1948
Macrotus californicus
4
May 20 limit of San Antonio, Baja California
into a blind tunnel and then closing off the
exterior with a large mosquito net braced
with hand nets and sticks.
I put up five males (# 230-234 incl.) of
the 26 ♂ & 35 ♀ living the next morning.
(When May 21)
written
When a number (approx. 8) of the Macrotus
were released the following morning they made
attempts to group together, two following
another lead through the sunlight brush already
quite warm from the sunshine. They made
attempt to hang up in the shady portions of
large cactus and brush, but seemed quite
uncomfortable in the morning heat. Several
of the bats returned to the Dodge in which
during the night
they were kept, two actually banging them-
selves into the closed windows of the cab.
One was seen flying across a wash about a
mile down the road at noon when we broke
camp and left for Buena Vista. Generally
speaking, the Macrotus were definitely lost
and dismayed by the heat and sunshine.
May 23 Buena Vista, 25± ft., 23°38'N, 109°41'W, Baja California
about 300 of this species counted in a cave
approx. 4 miles S.E. of here (see journal pg. 75). Of
these thirty specimens were saved and cataloged
by Tevis & Murray. The specimens was caught
and counted by placing a large mosquito