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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. —Some information presented was 

 obtained while performing field investigations with the biological staffs 

 of the Division of Environmental Analysis, Kentucky Department of 

 Transportation (Floyd Hughes, Director), and the Kentucky Nature 

 Preserves Commission. John Moriarty, William McComb, and Floyd 

 Scott allowed use of unpublished data. Thanks are extended to John O. 

 Whitaker, Jr., Wayne H. Davis, Roger W. Barbour, and John R. Mac- 

 Gregor for reviewing the manuscript. Special thanks to Cathy Caldwell, 

 Ann Barkley, and Cecilia Hayden for typing and proofreading earlier 

 drafts. Joyce Bryan provided the illustrations. 



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