El Salvador field notes, v4501
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9/23/25 Department Morazan, Divisaderos Salvador September 23, 1925 - Warm during the day, and rained nearly all night. Our first day in the field at Divisaderos was west of the village. We took mules and I rode about a mile and one half over winding rocky trails. The vegetation in this region is mostly third growth carbon, probably a species of mimosa, the older trees had been cut for fuel for the mines at Divisaderos. At the base of a small ridge we entered [illegible] short minetunnel which had been deserted for some time. As soon as we could no longer see light behind us we commenced to see bats. And the farther in we went the more bats we saw, Likely we drove them ahead of us for the tunnel was only four feet wide and six feet high. The place seemed to be fairly alive with bats. In places they nearly put the little miners lamps out. Mr. van Rosen knocked them down with his hat faster than I could pick them up. As near as I can judge now [illegible] from the collection I have six species: Grizzley bat (10472), Hairy-legged bat (10471), Grayish leaf-nosed bat, (10473-10474-10477 - 10483 - 10489) Yellow leaf-nosed bat (10475-10476-10478-10479-10484) Intermembrane tailed leaf-nosed bat (10488), and Brown leaf-nosed bat (10480-10481-10482-10484-10485-10486-10487-10490-10491-10492) Monte Cristo mine The Brown leaf-nosed bats seemed most common, much more work must be done there.