Table 4. Food Items Found ent 29 Crops and 20 Gizzards of the Greater 

 Prairie Chicken Taken in October 1950 and 1951, from Anderson, Wood- 

 son AND Coffey counties, Kansas. 







Per cent 



Food Item 



Consumed 



Occurrence 



Volume 



PT.ANT MATFRTAT. 









Monocotyledoneae 









Gramineae 









Panicum sp 



b 



6.12 



0.03 





c 



6.12 



1.58 





c 



24.49 



14,87 



Tritictim aestivum ... 



s 



34.69 



15.25 



Sorgum vulgare 



S 



en 1 o 





Unidentified 



L 







Cyperaceae 











S 



J /\ /% 



4.08 



T 



111 pnf^ 1 pH nn pji p 









T Tniripnl'iripri 





36.73 



6.43 



Polygonaceae 











c 



18.36 



0.02 



Rosaceae 









Rosa sp 



. . s 



22.45 



0.92 



Leguminosae 









Soya max 



s 



26.53 



7.64 



Lespedeza stipulacea 



s 



24.49 



0.39 



Lespedeza stipulacea 



T 



.... L 



26.53 



9.00 



Strophostyles leiosperma 



S 



6.12 



0.41 





T 



8.16 



1.31 





T. 



8.16 



1.45 



^ p.dir.fipn xfitii'tn. 



L 



4.08 



0.33 



Oxalidaceae 











C 



2.04 



T 



Anacardeaceae 









n n't 1 Q ci*\ 



C 



2.04 



1.63 











Vitis sp 



s 



2.04 



A 1 A 



0.10 



Malvappap 









Abutilon theophraste 



S 



Z.U4 



1 



Hibiscus trionum 



S 







Comaceae 









Cornus paniculata 



s 



4.08 



0.47 













c 



14.28 



0.33 



Rubiaceae 











c 



10.20 



0.03 



Caprifoliaceae 









SumuhoricariDus orhiculatus 



s 



18.37 



0.26 











Ambrosia trifida 



s 



4.08 



0.15 



A. bidentata 



s 



8.16 



1.14 



Ambrosia sp 



s 



34.69 



0.96 



Helianthus annuus 



s 



12.24 



0.44 



Plant debris 





24.49 



4.05 



ANIMAL MATERIAL (Insects) 









Orthoptera 









Locustidae adults and 



nymphs 



10.20 



0.18 



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