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butterflies were on the wing; and turtles were out lazily sunning themselves on 
logs. 
The next day I promised myself fine success around Springfield. I knew of 
a Goniobasis and several rare land shells having been found there, and knowing 
that there were many springs about the town, I supposed I would find the former 
in abundance. I first walked to a fine spring near town which had a small fish 
pond attached to it, but I found less than a half dozen Fhysagyrina, and no other 
shells. I then went to some timber on the higher ground, and although there 
were places suitable for shells hibernating, if there were any, I found none. After- 
ward Mr. J. R. Milner drove me to various points around the town, but none 
of the springs visited showed any Goniobases, and some of them no other species. 
At one, the Physa gyrina- were fine and very large with no small ones; at 
another they were quite plenty, of different sizes, the largest seeming to be ma- 
ture, though not more than one-half to two-thirds the size of the others. In 
James' Fork of White River, a few miles from the town, Unios are said to be 
plenty. 
On a rocky bluff south of the town I expected some success with land shells, 
but they were very scarce. Under one stone there were a dozen Stenotrema la- 
brosa, Bid.; they were 8 mm. in diameter, those from Eureka Springs, Ark., being 
II mm. 
The following are all I found there : 
1. Physa gyrina, Say. 
2. Limnophysa humilis, Say, 
3. Mesodoii dausa, Say. 
4. Stenotrema labrosa, Bid. 
5. Pupa armifera, Say. 
6. P. Contracta, Say. 
P. fallax, Say. 
Zonites arboreus, Say. 
Succinea ovalis, Gld. 
Of beetles I obtained perhaps twenty species. 
The crows winter in and around Springfield in large numbers, but before 
time to build nests they go further north. It is said that there is a narrow strip 
of country running southwest in Arkansas, in which strip the crows winter, and 
out of which they are seldom seen during the winter time. 
Arriving at Eureka Springs at noon of the 15th, I commenced the same day 
my conchological pursuits. With Mr. C. C. Allen I first went to a side ravine 
near the Johnson Spring, where I found the Polygyra jacksoni in considerable 
numbers, they being scattered among the gravel and small stones, and under 
such circumstances I found them at the different places where collected, while 
the next species was always found under large stones or logs. There was also a 
difference in the lay of the ground where the two species were found, the latter 
being almost the only shell on hill sides having south or west exposures, while the 
jacksoni and other species were found on north and east exposures. 
