Cynomys field notes, v1407
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CynomyS ludovicanus September, 1, 1955 Nr. Cache, Okla. said surely no c.l. at Fullington Flat last August, but present June 29 1955. He saw 3 burrows and two C.L. at dead mesquite 200yds. ESE of Chisholm Windmill on July 21, 1955 (when I found 3 burned burrows). Possibly he was same or seen by him in Antelope Flat, 1/4 mile N. of Good; on June 3. He knew little of official town C.L. He says Everett Murray, Ft. Worth service, Channing, Ariz., is well up on any new Cygnus + has visited several colonies in state. Victor Cahlan has old records of ferrets that he did not publish, says A.H. Julian Howard (Austinwell, Texas, formerly at Wichita NWR) & may have photos showing vegetation on C.L. towns. I noted that O.J. Murie had collected plants on this refuge 1935; Allan - Salam trees. Out of seats. III gone close to old stock watering trough 20 naturally wet there; meadow growing (Jerome in their amount !). On Baker Mtn. flat when (grass composition, low) formerly C.L. town, main area now in Asq (40%), Ace (5%), Beda (50%), Age, Soughart, Bem (total 5%). Fala < 3%. About 75% ground cover. || E.G. indefinite about former extent; knows Mtn. town; up slope toward water trough he thought. Photo taken of Area A shows mesquite increased much near center old dog town. September 2, 1955 My traps took two adult q q from W. arm of Official Colony by 8:30 a.m. These q 140 and 141. One in N. spot of W. arm, other 50 yds from tip of W. arm. Both paws. These dog areas fringed with thin stands Baja between Beda zone & Ace zone. || I visited Salam - Allen town ran 300' of their line #1, as near as I could judge location. Central area bare with Shrubia, Doryphrithum (?), + Pental sea common. This bordered by zone where And. race. Some in part the Beda present. Then upslope, broad area of Beda with much Erudelia, ground cherry (Sol. a Phyzalis), dead