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The soft, wet, black soil contained large numbers of crawfish holes, 

 and from several of them T. L. Hankinson dug specimens of Cambarus 

 gracilis. Frogs (Rana) were seen but none were secured. A Caro- 

 lina rail was flushed from the ditch along the track, and on the mar- 

 gins of the; water in the adjacent corn field Mr. Hankinson recognized 

 some shore birds. The dragon-fly Libellula pulchella was abundant on 

 the wing and resting on the vegetation, and two examples were found 

 in the webs of Argiope aurantia. No nymphs were found, but doubt- 

 less eggs were laid by some of the numerous adults. It was interest- 

 ing to observe the fresh burrows of the crawfish which had traversed 

 the fresh firm yellow clay of the recently reinforced railway embank- 



