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10/6/1925
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October 6, 1925- Another clear day
rained during the evening. - Going
by mile back and walking in
many place we went over the
mountain range north of Monte
Mayor to the Jimertor Tunnels on
Carisal Hill. The first of these
tunnels was at the foot of a steep
slope which was covered
with dense third growth jungle.
The floor of the tunnel was
covered with about twelve inches
of water, and was about onehundred
to one hundred and twenty feet long.
This place seemed to be a home
for the Grizzley bats (Desmodus rotundus).
There were about fifteen of
these bats in the tunnel and one
Brown leaf-nosed bat (Glossophaga).
We caught them by holding the
net at the opening and driving them
into it with by taking a mining
lamp and going to the face of the
tunnel and driving them ahead.
The second tunnel was further
down the canyon but more in the
open except that the opening was
covered up with large weeds.
There was water in this tunnel but
not so deep. There were more bats
here than in the other tunnel
but there was only one Grizzley bat
(Desmodus rotundus -) while the place
alive with Brown leaf-nosed bats ( - )
also there was one Gray leaf-nosed bat.