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chicory, 84 percent; and Lamb 1 s-quarters, 73 percent. A digestion coefficient 
could not be determined for Rugel's plantain because the animal fed this food 
experienced diarrhea. These data indicate that chicory is an excellent food for 
cottontails during the fall (as it is during spring and summer), and that, in 
general, grasses are less digestible cottontail foods than are broad-leaved plants. 
