In the work the southwestern portion of Johnson Township was pretty 
well covered, and cypress noted in the parts indicated on the map. Decker 
Township was traversed the entire length four times over three slightly 
different routes. Cypress was found sparsely distributed throughout the 
heavily timbered country in the vicinity of ‘‘Cypress Pond.” At one time 
it was abundant there, but it has been nearly all cut out. 
Lumbermen reported cypress in the following localities: ‘‘Wabash 
Pond,” “Claypole Hills’ and in low ground near White River east of 
“Red Cloud.” ‘Wabash Pond” was not visited, and none was found in 
the vicinity of the Claypole Hills, although it is probably to be found there, 
as it is found in some other localities, represented by a few scattering 
trees, which have been left in the general destruction of this timber, occa- 
sioned by the demands for mill material. Oak is the most valuable and 
abundant timber now left in this region. A temporary railroad track runs 
from Decker (Deckertown) west and north about ten miles, and is used 
exclusively, or nearly so, in transporting logs and lumber from the 
mills and forests of that region to the mill at Decker and to the Evansville 
& Terre Haute Railroad at that point. 
From an examination of the woodlands of Decker and Johnson Town- 
ships, it is evident that within recent years cypress was an abundant 
or predominant tree over territory aggregating 18 or 20 square miles. At 
present it is fast disappearing, and in all of the localities mentioned it is of 
minor importance in estimating the lumber resources. 
Some Inprana Crow Roosts. By A. W. BuruEr. 
When winter approaches, crows are observed to become much scarcer 
in many localities and very much more numerous in others. In October 
and November they begin to collect in places in companies of greater or 
less size and form ‘crow roosts.’ These are to be found in the woods in 
different parts of the country. Some are small, containing but a few 
hundred individuals. It is estimated that others contain as many as a 
quarter of a million, or more, crows. The Division of Ornithology 
and Mammalogy of the United States Department of Agriculture issued 
Bulletin No. 6, which contains the most complete account of the crow 
and its habits that has been published. It mentions a number of 
