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South,
Blair.
1973
Pygoderma microptera
W. Slope Beaverdam Mts, 3800 ft. Washington Co., Utah.
July 22 caches of food (?). One consisted entirely of grass seed heads, the other was primarily grass seed heads but a little pocket of flowers & blackberries I think) were mixed in.
July 25 Fresh food was collected from an area of recent flooding about 7 mi. SW of Echo, White Pine Co., Id.
Both Stiples and Sarcobates were collected and fed to all animals as a moisture source for the desert meadow, since the carrots I had brought along were not used. All the animals, including those from Wolf's Hole and Beaverdam Mts., use these plants, completely consuming a handful of lettuce greens or a night's ration. When fed this morning, they immediately began feeding on Stipples. This is unlike the Kingston Ledge specimens who didn't seem to use Stipples at all.
July 26. 3 1/2 mi. NW Shoreline White Pine Co., Id.
We excavated several main tunnels leading