174 IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCiE Vol. XXV, 1918 



Wood, F. E., 1910. 



A Studj of the Mammals of Champaign County, Illinois. Bulletin 

 of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Vol. VIII. Arti- 

 cle V. 



On page 512 the author records having seen voles clinging to stumps 

 above the water, and having been told that in high water of the Ill- 

 inois river white footed wood mice take to the trees above the water. 

 He thinks that in spite of the fact that they can swim readily, many 

 of these small mammals drown with each flood. 



McIIhenny, E. A., 1914. 



The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting. 245 p, 19 pi. 



Doubleday, Page and Company. 



In the chapter on Enemies and Food the author tells of the turkeys 

 resorting to tree tops during the overflow of the extensive bottom 

 land forest and feeding almost exclusively upon the buds of the trees 

 at such times. He records one instance of two months' duration, 

 pages 143 to 149. 



Russell, Frank, 1898. 



Explorations in the Far North. State University of Iowa, 1898. 



The author observed the dead bodies of rabbits suspended from 

 the willows on the delta of the Mackenzie river. These had been 

 drowned during the overflow of the stream. Page 139. 

 The State University. 



