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In summer and autumn this locality is dry and becomes filled 
with dead leaves. Under these leaves the following bivalve 
mollusk may be found in large numbers: 
Spherium occidentale. Very common. 
VERTEBRATE LIFE; STATIONS VII—XVII. 
The area included in Stations VII to XVII abounds in avian life, 
both during migration and in the summer months, the locality 
affording excellent nesting sites for the birds, a majority of which 
nest in the vicinity. . 
Vertebrates were observed as follows. 
LOWER VERTEBRATES. 
The following species were found about the edges of the ponds 
and pools: 
Rana pipiens. Leopard-frog. 
Amblystoma jeffersonianum. _— Jefferson’s Salamander. 
Hemidactylium scutatum. Scaly or Four-toed Salamander. 
BIRDS. 
American Bittern. Nesting in reeds of Station VII. 
Green Heron. Nesting in oak tree on edge of Sta- 
tion VII. Young out of nest 
July 29. ; 
Great Blue Heron. 
Sparrow Hawk. 
Red-shouldered Hawk. 
Red-tailed Hawk. 
Cooper’s Hawk. 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 
Flicker. 
Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Downy Woodpecker. 
White-bellied Swallow. 
Whippoorwill. 
Nighthawk. 
Kingbird. 
Wood Pewee. 
Chickadee. 
Crow. 
Blue Jay. 
