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While considerable field work has been done within a radius of 

 twenty-five miles of this village, a great deal more would be desirable. 

 Many southern birds classed as very rare in Wisconsin follow the Wis- 

 consin river far north of their usual range, while the Baraboo Bluffs 

 and Lake Wisconsin offer an exceptionally rich field for the ornitholo- 

 gist. 



COLLECTING FOR ,A GROUP OF WISCONSIN 



POND LIFE 



By T. E. B. Pope" 



In addition to the usual routine work of various kinds carried on by 

 the Department of Lower Zoology, plans have l^een made to construct 

 a large series of habitat groups of the lower vertebrates and inverte- 

 brates. These will be placed in the main exhibition hall of the depart- 

 ment on the third floor and will comprise an unusual series of most at- 

 tractive exhibits. 



The first of these groups is to be one showing the aquatic and insect 

 life of a typical Wisconsin pond. The group will have a glass front- 

 age of twelve feet and is to be one of four large groups in the center 

 of the room. 



In preparation for the fieldwork required in building this group, the 

 writer made a brief reconnaissance trip to several suggested localities in 

 this state, finally selecting Keshena, Shawano county, on the Menomini 

 Indian Reservation, as the one presenting the best facilities for collect- 

 ing at nominal cost and the desired abundance of zoological and 

 botanical life, as well as attractive environments for backgrounds. 



On June 21st, 1921, the writer, in company with Mr. E. R. Tyrrell, 

 Modeler, and Mr. S. J. ^lajerowski. Assistant of the Department, ar- 

 rived at Shawano, which is eight miles from Keshena and its nearest 

 railroad point. Securing an auto, in which the various ai)paratus boxes 

 and other personal impedimenta were assigned the best seats, the mem- 

 l)ers of the party found themselves sandwiched in between and perched 

 on top of these packages until the vehicle and its load somewhat resem- 

 bled a moving pyramid. We thus made our way northward, following 

 the winding, picturesque Wolf river, a glimpse of which some members 

 of the party were fortunate enough to secure through occasional rifts in 

 the clouds of dust, carelessly but very generously contributed by our 

 predecessors on the road. 



'Curator of Lower Zoology, Milwaukee I'ublic Museum. 



