El Salvador field notes, v4501
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9/28/25 HL whiskers on his upper lips, On the way (10522) out I shot a Hairy-legged bat. This species as well as the Grizzly bat are undoubtedly Vampires for they had blood in their (10522) stomachs. The Hairy-legged bat was hanging head down on nearly vertical rockwall, but much of the weight must have been supported by the forearms which were laced out in front on either side. After having a short rest in the open and Mr. van Rossem having gone off after birds I went back into the tunnel with my shot pistol to look for [illegible] more Vampires. Having noticed more of the larger bats near the mouth of the tunnel I resolved to search the lateral laterals very carefully. About eighty or ninety feet from the outer opening I discovered one of the laterals that had caved in leaving an opening just big enough to allow me to crawl through. Once inside I saw that the tunnel extended upward at an angle of nearly forty five degrees. Several four inch poles supported the ceiling. There were many bats [illegible] clinging to the rocks and dashing hither and thither, most of which were Brown leaf-nosed bats, Yellow leaf-nosed bats, and Gray-leaf- nosed bats.(several of the laterals were collected on the first trip). I looked the place over carefully throwing the bright ray of the "flash" into every possible niche. At last up nearer the top by a short thick chunk or pole which was lying crossways of the footwall I [illegible] saw something move which looked much like a bat