Field notes, v1360
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Hoffmeister 1940 Catalog received from Ross Allen, Ocala, Florida, at M.V.Z. August 26. He skin was salted down and was skinned out except for the feet and tip of the nose. Treasure Island (So. Elephant Tower), San Francisco Co., Calif. about Sept. 6, 1940 Found Augst 30, 1940 397. Lasinus teliotia 102-45-9-12 - tr 6 = 8.2 gm. This bat was brought to Chas. Miller by Paul Kraemer on Sept. 7, given to me dead Sept. 8. Prepared Sept. 9, 1940. Miller found out through Kraemer that so person, not known at present to Kraemer, found the bat on Treasure Island, presumably in the south Elephant Tower. Kraemer told Miller he would send him additional data as to the collector, exact locality and date animal did. It was collected (alive or dead?) "one or two days before" Sept. 8, 1940. Collected by Learitt Baker. (See correspondence: Norton to C.Miller). 7250 ft. Halfway Canyon (branch of Farmington Canyon) E of Farmington, Davis Co., Utah Aug. 21, 1940 (testes? 10 x 4 mm) (coll. by Keith Barron) 398. ? Lasinus cinereus canto notch ant. notch 140-75-14 - 19 - 14 (35?) Bat sent in by Keith Barron [ = Barron? ], Wasatch Branch, Forest Service, Farmington, Utah, + recd M.V.Z. Sept. 12. Data accompanying bat were the above measurements as given. I dont know what the (35?) refer to. Collected at 10:30 A.M., hanging head down in a Quercus "gambelli" that was 18' high. The bat was 6' above ground. See back of this page for data sheet. In Barron's letter of Sept. 12, he says the only preservative used was salt and soap powder.