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Transcription
Quest
1948
Tadarida Mexicana
1
April 10 Punta San Felipe, 50 ft, Baja California
Two caught by Dr. Benson that had flown
into our skirting room separately at 10:30
and 11:00 P.M., while we were working on species.
April 11 Several seen flying over beach at dusk. One
shot by Murray. The Tadarida seem to fly
singly and generally higher from the ground
than the Pipistrellus hesperus, and are easily
recognized as different from the Pipistrellus by
their larger size and slower wing-beat.
April 16 Cerro de Centinela 300 ft. 13 mi. WSW Mexicali,
Baja California.
One seen flying of over alluvial material
of desert after sunrise by Dr. Benson.
April 19 Cerro Pinto 30 ft. 20 mi. SSE Mexicali, Baja Calific.
One female shot as it was flying at about
50 ft over open field, shot where field
borders mesquite between 7:30 and 8:00 P.M. last
night (# 78).
April 30 Mission San Ignacio 500 ft Baja California.
46 caught, 19 & 27 F., in the old mission. The
bats were found above the doorways in crevices
formed by the wood moulding and in the attics of
buildings adjoining the mission. The attics were
inaccessible, but the bats were procured by poking
through holes in the stone walls with consequent
pouring out of the bats through the entrance to
their roost. Hand nets were held over the holes.