Field notes, v580
Page 201
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Paul DeBenedictis 1960 Dec 14 San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico the spot where we camped. No one got much, but we saw a few Armadillos. I went with J. Ralph and got nothing. The Truck also got nothing but collected Geckos in Mazatlan. The campsite Ted picked was apparently the entrance to a village, and [illegible] were interrupted several times by people going through our camp- once in a large truck. We got two red bats that night, with the butterfly nets. They were flying back and forth in a culvert about 4 feet high under the highway. I spent the night in the cab of the truck, most uncomfortably. I did get a little sleep. In the morning I tried to put up the bats, but ruined both. I saved the skulls of both and the flat skin of one, plus a few [illegible] that were on each of the bats. After I got done and had put Mac's kit away, I went collecting. Between Elroy and I, I got many different types of butterfly, including a dogface, a goatweed, a metalmark, and a tapilio; I saw many Julias and John Ralph said he saw some zebras. I saw a hairstreak and some black bacheyes, but didn't get any. We went into San Blas to get our breakfast. The road to San Blas is beautiful. It winds through mountainous, picturesque than forest & broad leaf forest, with an occasional