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Burd
1952
At. Barrow, Alaska
August 30
Electroplenary crop analysis
Birds in this
page were - Ranunculus nivalis seeds ±200; Cochlearia
seed, ±500 (these are now without the green
surrounding capsule, i.e., 0 instead of [illegible])
- as above but with Zygula seed, ±150
- sample saved for identification = ±700 seeds
of probably Ranunculus, possibly Potentilla
- digested, but evidently all vegetable
- ±50 Ranunculus nivalis seeds; ±500
seeds of Cochlearia and ±50 seeds
of Ranunculus, possibly Potentilla
- ±100 seeds of Potentilla; ±200 seeds
of Stellaria
- ±400 seeds of Cochlearia; ±300 seeds
of Ranunculus nivalis; ±50 seeds of
Zygula
- ±500 seeds of Ranunculus nivalis
- mostly digested, but seeds of Ranunculus
& Cochlearia evident