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'Contributions to the Biological Survey of Wabash County. By Albert 

 B. Ulrey. 



The present paper is intended (1) to indicate the progress made during tl^e 

 year in listing the fauna and flora of Wabash County, and (2) to give a sum- 

 marized statement of the worii already done, thus placing the material collected 

 within access of those interested in special lines. 



I have included in these lists, with but a few exceptions, only those forms of 

 which specimens were preserved : 



I. The Fauna : 



1. The list of fishes includes forty-two species, seven of which were not noted 

 in the last published report. I have included in the list the Brook 

 Lanaprey (Ammocmten branchialis). Several specimens were taken in a 

 creek near North Manchester, about May 15, 1895. 



2. Batrachians, 19. 



a. Salamanders and Water Dog ( Urodela and Proteida), 10. 

 h. Tailless Batrachians (Sahentia), 9. 



3. Eeptiles, 18. 



a. Snakes {Ophidm), II. 



h. Lizards (Lacertilia), 1. 



c. Turtles { Testudinata) , 6. 



4. Birds. 



The list of birds includes 18(5 species. Two specimens of the Horned 

 Grebe (Colymbus auriius L.) were taken along the roadside November 27, 

 1895, after a severe storm. This is the first record of the bird in the 

 county. Mr. W. O. Wallace has taken another specimen of the rare 

 Kirtland's Warbler (Dendroica kirllandi) at Wabash. It was taken some 

 time in May, 1895. 



5. The mammals listed include about twenty species. 



II. The Flora: 



Among Phanerogams the list comprises about 750 species represent- 

 ing eighty-nine families. Only a few of the forest trees are included, 

 116 species of grasses and twenty-three sedges. About 400 species have 

 been added during the year. 



The Cryptogams have not been listed, but some valuable material has 

 been collected in certain groups, such as the ferns and some forms of 

 fungi. 



