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Quart
1948
Mystis californicus
3
June 22 Santa Rosalillo, 25+ ft, 5F and Bahia de Concepcion, Baja Calif.
I finally obtained the specimen by letting
it crawl onto the end of my net which I dipped
into the water. On examining the specimen
I could find no gunshot wounds, only a slight
reddish area on the right forearm.
June 25 Los Martires, 300+ ft, 23 mi by road NW San Ignacio, Baja Calif.
One male, #434, shot this evening at dusk as
it was flying over low brush 100 yards north of
the coral. A very strong wind was blowing and
the bat appeared to have difficulty in navigating.
It has been noticed before and was noticed to -
night that this species appears to feed over
a wide area and is usually glimpsed only as
it is flying by. It seems not to feed in the
small areas noticed in Epterus fuscus and
Pipistillus hesperus, several small bats possibly
of this species were glimpsed drinking at the
long watering trough at this place but they
were not obtained due to the wind. The boy
at the ranch said that many bats visited the
tanks on quiet nights. This bat was feeding
singly, no other bats being near at the time
it was shot.
June 26 Arroyo San Louis, 800+ ft, 9 mi W Calmelli, Baja California
One J #41, obtained in the mine at this place
this afternoon (see Journal pg. 138 for description of
mine). Two others were seen in the upper stope section