16. June 15, 1953, Monday Arose at the ungodly hour of 4:45 AM to see if there were any bats roosting in any of the buildings. There were none so I went back to bed. Up again at 8:00 AM, Fran and I packed all of our merchandise and left at 12 noon for Tonopah where we were to pick up Ernie. We left Tonopah about 5:30 PM, after picking up the lad and drove south across Cactus Flat (where there were many Hared Larkes and Desert Sparrows among the Atriplex) to the pass which crosses the southern portion of the Kawich Mountains. After reaching the pass we drove northward to Cedar Springs and finally to Summer Springs, which is at 6700 in the lower Pinyon-Juniper belt. We camped here for the night. Several Nighthawks were flying over the pinyon at dusk. We located a small old mine tunnel which had water on its surface around it. Several bats were noted flying there just after dark, and we netted a Corynorhinus rafinesquii then with a large insect net. Many bats were flying in and out of the tunnel, which floor had