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Quast
1948
Tadarida mexicana
2
April 30 Mission San Ignacio 500 ft Baja California
and the bats poured into them like a waterfall.
No other species of bats were encountered with
the Tadarida.
I put up ten specimens (# 103 through 109). The
specimens were obtained about 6:00 P.M. No salivary
glands were found in the females. Other specimens
put up by Dr. Benson, Tevis, + Murray.
9:00 P.M. One just captured in unused
room with 4 openings to outside. Specimen
was released. Was in room next to and
continuous with a smaller room containing
three Macrotus californicus. The Tadarida
began flying at sundown (7:00 P.M.) and
were flying singly and appeared to be
feeding.
Their chattering can be heard starting
early in the afternoon from their hiding
places within the walls of the old mission.
May 2 Mulalga 25 ft Baja California
Two ♂ and 20 ♀ caught in crevice between
a 2 x 12 and plastered wall at 12 noon
today. All means of getting the Tadarida
out of the crevice were used from poking
at them with a hooked wire to attempting
to smoke them out with an oil smudge
all without success. Finally results were
obtained by pounding on the 2 x 12 with