December 6, 1926 - Today we entered the field for the first time. Most of the day was spent in unpacking our equipment. We made a short trip down to the Carolina mine, which is mostly caved in, where we encountered some dog bats (Peroteryx canina) in a short tunnel and collected Nos. 12039, 12040, 12041, 12042, and 12043. The tunnel was perhaps twenty feet long, six to seven feet wide, and about five feet high. As we entered the mouth of the tunnel we saw these little bats fly from under a downward projecting ledge there to the farther end of the tunnel. By spreading a large mosquito net over the mouth of the tunnel we were able to drive five bats into the trap set for them. The tunnel was not dark, a minute inside and all objects were visible. Clear, few clouds about 11 A.M. 7 A.M. 70°F. In shade.