Hoffmeister 1939 Bats Oct. 11 (cont.) Berkeley, Calif. a day (to and from the museum) nearly every day since Aug. 20, 1938. In this period of over a year, my attention has never been attracted by the sight of bats around the church previous to Sept. 10, 1939, but nearly every time as I recall, I have heard a squeaking, shrill noise during the day or at night. At first, I thought it was the sound of young Anna Hummingbirds. Which are numerous in this area, & which I thought perhaps they were nesting on the sides of the church, which are covered for the majority of the months with thick ivy vines. 11:10 P.M. Saw no bats flying around the street light in front of the church but heard one or two "squeaks". In all this time, I have never seen bats flying around the street lights, although on the one occasion, I saw about 10+ flying around the flood light, which are lighted only on Sunday, & sometimes once or twice during the week. Oct. 12 7:55 A.M. Saw or heard no bats. 5:55 P.M. Counted only 31 bats during a 5 minute period quite as the emerged from