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forms a series of little ponds in the rainy seasons. Immediately 

 west of the Hill is unbroken prairie land, alfalfa fields, and a few 

 houses. 



About a mile and a half north of the college is Chisolm Creek, 

 a small sluggish stream, flowing in a westerly direction. Along the 

 creek in this region shrubbery and a few willow and elm trees are 

 found. At a point about two miles northwest of the Hill, Chisolm 

 Creek turns south and flows through McKinley Park, a mile and a 

 half west of Fairmount, which is quite well wooded. Adjoining 

 McKinley Park is a timber lot in which there is much underbrush, 

 and on its border is a patch of raspberries and blackberries. 



The Little Arkansas River, about three miles west of Fairmount 

 Hill, flows south through Riverside Park, which covers about 

 100 acres. Native timber of elms, hackberries, a few oaks and 

 black walnuts covers the entire area but in no place is it very 

 thick. There is some underbrush along the river on land adjoin- 

 ing the park. 



About five miles south of the city is a timber lot of about 40 

 acres on the Arkansas River. This is covered with tall timber of 

 cottonwoods, sycamores, oaks, elms, black walnuts, willows and 

 considerable underbrusli, and is the only real wooded area in the 

 territory that was under my observation. 



The majority of my field trips were to the cemetery and the 

 adjoining prairie land. About once a month I visited the Little 

 Arkansas River. I made two trips to the woods on the Arkansas 

 River south of the city spending nearly a half day in each case. 

 These trips were made April 3 and April 18. 



On Oct. 24 and Oct. 25, 1909, I visited Mt. Hope, a town 

 25 miles northwest of Wichita. On both days I made trips along 

 the Arkansas River near there, which is fringed with plum thickets 

 and occasionally cottonwood trees. On the last day I visitefl a 

 gun club reserve, several ponds and a prairie dog town. 



Dr. Mathews and Mr. Sullivan made most of their field trips in 

 Riverside Park and along the Little Arkansas River north of 

 Wichita. Dr. Mathews and Mr. Smyth both hunted waterfowl 

 on the reserve of the Wichita Sportsmen's Club fom* miles north- 

 east of Mt. Hope, in the extreme northwestern portion of the 

 county. Professor Larrabee's field of observation was nearly 

 the same as mv own. 



