Table 1 
Crop contents of a 
Spotted Sandgr 
ouse 
Species 
Family 1 
Seed 
No. 
Other 
Wt 2 
(gm) 
%of 
total 
Emex spinosus 
Polygonaceae 
204 
1.23275 
47.77 
Tephrosia purpurea 
Leguminosae- 
Papilionoideae 
91 
1.08479 
42.04 
Asphodelus 
Asphodelaceae 
109 
0.13889 
5.38 
tenuifolius 
Atriplex sp. 
Chenopodiaceae 
6 
0.02216 
0.86 
Chenopod spp. 
Chenopodiaceae 
10 
0.02043 
0.79 
Chenopodiutn sp. 
Chenopod ia cea e 
on 
n r\r\Q£K 
U.UUODD 
Enneapogon sp. 
Gramineae 
14 
0.00538 
0.21 
Unidentified seeds 
30 
plant 
0.06479 
2.51 
and plant fragments 
fragments 
Tribulus sp. 
Zygophyllaceae 
0 
6 leaves 
Total 
0.00282 
2.58066 
0.11 
1 Family names follow Brummitt (1 992) 
2 Seeds, leaves and plant fragments were oven-dried at 103°C for 24 hours before 
weighing. 
Acknowledgements 
Thanks are due to Prof. L Boulos (Kuwait University) and Dr T Cope, A R 
Radcliffe-Smith and C C Townsend (all Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) for help 
with identifying seeds, and to Lt. Col. W Stanford who forwarded them. 
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