ANIMAL AND PLANT LIFE IN OKLAHOMA. 



INTRODTJCTION. 



The urgent needs of the public schools in Oklahoma for available 

 information concerning the animal and plant life, and similar demands 

 of the general public for the same information, lead to the preparation 

 of the present publication. In connection with the regular duties of 

 the field men of the Oklahoma Geological Survey, a large amount of 

 available information is gained concerning the natural resources of the 

 State, which is of value from an educational and scientific view, as well 

 as from an economic standpoint. The cooperation of the members 

 of the Oklahoma Academy of Science has made such a publication pos- 

 sible. These chapters on the animal and plant life of Oklahoma were 

 published as Phapters VIII and IX in Bulletin No. 37, Geography of 

 Oklahoma, recently issued by the Oklahoma Geological Survey. 



The chapter on animal life in Oklahoma was written by Mr. Howard 

 Cross, of the Department of Zoology, Oklahoma University. Dr. H. H. 

 Lane, Head of the Department of Zoology, oSerede much valuable as- 

 sistance in the preparation of this chapter, and checked the scientific 

 and common names used in the list of wild animals. Mr. Frank 

 Rush, Forester in charge of the United States Forest and Game Pre- 

 serve, in the Wichita Mountains, also furnished much information of 

 value concerning the animal life of the :State. Credit is due to many 

 others who contributed to the data used in the chapter. 



The chapter on plant life in Oklahoma was compiled from the 

 manuscripts of unpublished reports on the plant life of Oklahoma, b> 

 Mr. G. W. Stevens, formerly Head of the Department of Biology of 

 Northwestern State Normal, Alva, and Mr. C. W. Shannon, Director 

 of the Oklahoma Geological Survey. These manuscripts mentioned 

 include a report on the flowering plants of Oklahoma, by Mr. Stevens, 

 and a report on the trees and shrubs of Oklahoma by Mr. Shannon. 



C. W. SHANNON, Director. 



OKLAHOMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 

 Norman, October 1, 1917. 



