El Salvador field notes, v4501
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9/26/25 39 September 26, 1925 - warm morning. Rained in the afternoon and evening. About 8 p.m. we took flash lights and mine lamps and gwent down to the Carolina mine. In one short tunnel we caught 12 female Brown leaf-nosed bats. Nearly every one of these bats carried embryos. Some of the females that were kept in captivity in a tank bore their young. In another short tunnel we found the Salvador brownbats. These look quite different from the specimens collected at Olomega. These are much more bluish in comparison to the brownish color of the others. In specimens from both places I noticed that the edge of the membrane, between the foot and the first finger, is white. These bats were found in a short tunnel and only back out of the sunlight, not back where it was dark. Mr. Van Rossem shot several on the shady side of a rocky cliff on a mountain 4 m. N.E. of Divisadello. They were all females. September 27, 1925 The day was spent working up specimens caught the day before.