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shows this bit of swamp; it can also be seen in the far background 

 just to the right of the foremost telegraph pole in Figure i, Plate 

 LXXI. A short distance south of this little swamp, out in the field, 

 is a large, isolated, naked, and burnt dead stub of a tree, forming a 

 conspicuous landmark (Plate LXXI, Fig. 2). 



Viertebrates were not numerous at Station I, and at few times 

 w^ere there so many as to constitute a conspicuous feature of the 

 area, the kinds present being usually represented by merely a few 

 individuals. Only thirty-five species were found at the station or 

 in its immediate vicinity. A list of these, with brief notes of their 

 occurrence, follows. 



AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES 



Chorophiliis nigritns (LeConte). Swamp Tree-frog. 



Conspicuous by its call in early spring about the temporary pond 

 at Substation d and about the small shallow pools at the north end 

 of the station (PI. LXXII, Fig. i). Eggs of the species were found 

 at this place April 23, 191 1. 



Rana pipiens Shreber. Common Frog. 



A few specimens were seen in early spring about the low ground 

 at Substation d, and in the pools here in early spring where they un- 

 doubtedly breed. Eggs were found in the temporary pools at the 

 north end of the station (PI. LXXII, Fig. i). A large example of 

 this species was found in the stomach of a garter snake (see below) 

 November 24, 1913. The frog, its hind legs included, was about 

 eight inches long. 



Thoiiiiwphis sirtalis (Linn.). Garter Snake. 



Two of these snakes were taken by the writer; one of them small 

 (March 30, 191 3), and one large, measuring twenty-nine inches in 

 length (November 24, 191 3). This large snake is the one that ate 

 the leopard frog spoken of above. It is shown in Figure 2, Plate 

 LXXII, as it appeared before it was captured. 



BIRDS 



Butorides z'irescens virescens (Linn.). Little Green Heron. 



One was seen, resting on the fence between the right-of-way and 

 the corn field, July 31, 1912. 



Rallus elegans Aud. King Rail. 



One was flushed from the high grass of the low ground of Sub- 

 station d on August I, 191 2, and another on May 18, 191 3. 



