Wm B Richardson 1935 Thomomys bottae Dec 21 4 mi NE Springville, 2800 ft. Tulare Co., Calif. Took 6 individuals from the 25 traps set. The habitat is along the stream bed above the flood water where coarse decomposed granite gives a sandy character to the soil. Areas which were large enough to support a gopher (30 sq ft.) were few and widely separated; on the average this was one burrow for every 100 yds. On one. In one particular instance I found the workings of a gopher at a small spring about which was bundle grass, the working lay were only at the edge of the grass, which lead me to assume that he was feeding on the stolers of the bundle grass. This supposition was further verified by finding cutting of the young under ground stems within the burrow. Dec 22 I took 3 gophers from the 25 traps the morning. A note should be made here that this is of the Upper Sonoran Ed-Zon and Sierra-Foothill Forest area. I found in the burrow, near the entrance when I was setting traps, numerous