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9/3/25
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September 3, 1925 - Warm day;
rained in the evening. A trap set
near a small round hole which
led back under a huge boulder
cached a spiny-pocket mouse. Near was
an jocote tree and the seeds were lying
on the ground. It is probable that
the spiny-pocket mice feed on these seeds,
for the stone is covered with a soft
hull. In the swampy forest region
near the San Miguel River I shot
two two-lined bats and an Olomega leaf-
nosed bat. They were discovered on
a big white mangrove tree. Near the
base of the tree there was a decayed
portion which extended up for
nearly fifteen feet. As I came up the
two two-lined bats flew out and
lodged on the other side of the tree.
I saw the Olomega leaf-nosed bat flutter
in [illegible] a dark corner of the decayed
crevice; by looking closely I discovered
him and shot him with the shot
pistol. Then I collected the other
specimens. This vicinity was a
very open forest jungle with many
large trees. A lagoons within
twenty-five of the tree where I collected
the bats.
September 4, 1925 - [illegible] cool day;
threatening rain in evening. I caught
a spiny-pocket mouse by a hole in a
small stump directly under the jocote tree
that I spoke of yesterday. By a large rock
I caught a mouse that looked
some what like an Oryzomys. The
stomach content of both mice proved