South, Blair 1974 Journal White Mountain Research Station, Bishop, Luzerne Co., California June 5 On the air conditions my be about right. This morning I re-organized my research chests and then caught up on my correspondence, finally bringing my journal up to date in the afternoon. It is now 3:00 PM, and I'm about to go plant collecting for the day. Some conclusions and observations so far: D. muricops I am currently giving a seed only diet as a cloverlunch only diet are losing weight - 2 from the Kingston range on stipley died, all but 2 others (one from Owens Valley, one from Redwood Pass) are losing weight on stipleys. In fact all animals except the controls with arugula lettuce and the two stipley animals mentioned above are losing between 1 and 5 g/day and will not survive much longer if this persists. I don't know how important the high temperature of the arid zone on the effects of 1mo to (year) captivity has been, this remains to be seen. If it proves Kenagy wrong, in that many mongs do not recognize stipley as food at all. It seems that seeds and succulent vegetation are best for montane mings. Also, All 7 D. ardi I have on stipleys are