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valley where it has not been killed out by overgrazing.  Thousands of [[image: diamond inside an upside down V]] cattle are ranging over the valley.  The great playa or lake bed is green with weeds but has grass in only a few spots.
We saw [[underlined]] 4 antelope [[/underlined]], all singly, and the cowboys at the ranch say they see them every day in bunches of 3 to 17. Bunches of 27 & 35 are reported seen last winter.
White sided jackrabbits are said to be frequently seen along this valley but we did not see any.
Prairie dogs are numerous all the way and must do great damage to an already over taxed range.
Dipodomys spectabilis mounds were common all along on dry mesa but not on the playa.
Prairie dogs and Thomomys are abundant over the weedy playa.  A Citellis spilosoma was seen on edge of playa. Badger holes are common all along. Sigmodons are said to be numerous around the water places at the Lang ranch.  In evening Birdseye shot 2 hoary bats & Goldman caught

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