GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



To my dear departed friend, Mr. Julius Hurler of St. 

 Louis, Missouri; Dr. Frank N. Blanchard of the Univer- 

 sity of Michigan ; Mr. E. R. Dunn, Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, Harvard University; Dr. Eugene A. Smith 

 of the University of Alabama ;Mr. Herbert H. Smith, late 

 Curator of the Alabama Museum of Natural History, 

 University, Alabama; Mrs. H. H. Smith, acting curator 

 of the museum ; Dr. Thomas M. Owen, late Direct- 

 or of the State Department of Archives and History, 

 and last but not least, to my best friend and companion, 

 on all collecting trips for many years, Mr. Thomas S. 

 van Aller of Mobile. 



The interest taken by the follovi^ing gentlemen in col- 

 lecting and donating specimens also deserves being put 

 on record: the late Mr. L. H. McNeill, Mr. W. C. 

 Dukes, Dr. Toulmin Gaines, Mr. Thomas McMickle, Dr. 

 Robert Peters, Mr. J. A. Joullian, all members or form- 

 er members of the Charles Mohr Society of Natural His- 

 tory of Mobile. Mr. W. R. Jones of Satsuma; Messrs. P. 

 A. Brannon, Adolph Dreyspring, Mac. Billings and Reese 

 Martin of Montgomery, Mr. Lucien Lewis of Seale, and 

 Charles Lenoir Thompson, of Perdido,. 



In nomenclature and classification Stejneger and Bar- 

 bour's check-list is followed pretty closely, but in 

 cases where different technical names have been used 

 in more accessible works, such as those of Cope and Dit- 

 mars, * such names are added in parefitheses to facili- 

 tate identification. 



Besides the species which have been actually collected 

 in Alabama by the author or others a few additional ones 

 are included which from what is known of their distri- 

 bution may be reasonably expected in this state, to stim- 

 ulate interested persons to be on the lookout for them. 

 Our present knowledge of their distribution is indicated 

 in each case. Information about species not listed, Ala- 

 bama localities for those listed as probable, new locali- 

 ties for species already known in the state, and correc- 

 tions of any kind, will be welcomed, and may be com- 

 municated either to the author, at the Gem Floral Gar- 

 den, Mobile, or to the State Geologist, at University. 



*For more exact citations see appendix. 



