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eloua rothrockii (heads and crowns, about 50 per cent of each) 325 Bouteloua rothrockii (with small percentage of crowns) 315 Boerhaavia wrightii (with a few grass crowns) 150 Prosopis velutina 90 Solanum elaeagnifolium (3 fruits) Tr. ----- Total 2,315 Four species represented. Count of 100 grams of stored _Bouteloua_ crowns gives 1,700, or 17 crowns per gram. At this rate there were at least 27,000 crowns stored in this burrow. If a density of 250 plants to the square yard be assumed (a high estimate) these crowns represent the total _B. rothrockii_ on 104 square yards of range surface. Further examination of the vicinity of this den showed that the surrounding area was not completely cleared, but was devoid of _B. rothrockii_, while still having _B. eriopoda_ with crowns undisturbed. DEN 11. April 9, 1919. In partially denuded land where good spring growth of _Eschscholtzia_ was in bloom at time of excavation. Stomach of _spectabilis_ killed in this burrow contained a mass of fresh but finely comminuted green material, probably poppy leaves, strongly colored with yellow from blossoms. No summer growth here in 1918. Species stored. Grams. Bouteloua rothrockii (crowns) (miscellaneous chaff, etc.) 107 Eschscholtzia mexicana (buds and flowers) } Anisolotus trispermus (leaves and pods) } Gaertneria tenuifolia (leaves) } 10 Lupinus sparsiflorus (flowers) } Solanum elaeagnifolium (2 fruits) Tr. --- Total 117 Six species represented, some only by leaves or flowers and not by seeds. _Such storage is never in large quantity._ The fresh storage material was weighed after becoming air dry. This illustrates a late spring condition, storage running low. DEN 14. August 8, 1919. Excellent summer growth all over range. This burrow in mixed growth, grasses and weeds. Species stored.
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