1927 P.17 Los Esesmiles, Dept., Chalatenango, Salvador February 10, 1927 - Last night I left camp with three natives to hunt in the oak rain forest with carbide lights. We reached the upper side, 8000 feet, just after dusk. The moon was fairly bright and a mass of misty clouds were pouring through the tree tops. As we passed into an open place I noticed a bat fly by just under the cloud. Several more flew by. It was impossible to shot them because both sides of the trail was grown up in heavy dense brush. Also when they came within sight they were too close to shoot. Their flight was very much like Nycteris borealis borealis, which I have observed in flight many times in Kansas. We rested by a small fire, which we built in a deserted natives hut, until eight o'clock. We had two lights so hunted in pairs. From the hut I went with my guide into the dense and heavy oak region on the north