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Transcription
Quest
1948
Tadarida mexicana
3
May 2 Mulege 25 +/- ft Baja California
a hammer, the four of us netting 22
with the hand net. I put up 6 specimens
(# 110-115 inc.) of which 5 had embryos
ranging from 3 to 6 mm. It is interesting
to note that the females I put up from
San Ignacio contained no embryos.
May 17 Trunfo, 1700 ft. Baja California
Approximately 100 specimens obtained yesterday
from 2x12 supports to second-story ceiling of
abandoned building in town. Five or six times
as many Tadarida were roosting there. They
roosted in the long cracks formed by doubled
2"x12" supports for the ceiling and were routed
out and captured by stirring in the crack
with a thin stick while holding the net under-
neath. The bats dropped by the dozen into
the hand net held below. Roosting with the
Tadarida, in the same crevice, were a few
Myotis velifer.
The bats were hung in a large burlap
sack in a Mesquite tree in camp last night
preparatory to putting up as specimens this
morning. We awakened to find only 10 rem-
aining in the sack, the remainder having escaped
through holes chewed in the sack last night.
The remaining specimens were catalogued
by Dr. Benson.