J.R. ALCORN 1938 Thomomys battae canus Feb. 9 4 mi E Fallon, 4000 ft, Churchill County, Nevada was found which contained 336 pieces of dry hard cut pieces of alfalfa roots. Apparently this third chamber had been forgotten or else the gopher had cut more food than he could eat and it had died out on him. The third chamber was on a high knoll in dry soil which contributed to the shortness of time it took for these roots to dry out. I have noticed when I dug these roots out and get them into the dry air they dry out in a day or so and get as hard as wood. A gopher usually stores these roots far enough under ground so that they keep moist thus keeping them from drying out and getting hard. The roots mentioned, in the third storage cavity these roots were dry and hard while those in the cavities were in moist ground which kept them soft and edible for some time, as for as the gopher is concerned. There were one hundred fifteen (115) yards or 345 feet of tunneling system that was in this gopher's house. The male gopher, a good size one, was found dead about thirty (30) feet from the nest. This gopher and all the contents of the tunnel were photographed.