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Ohio Naturalist. 
[ Vol. 1, No. 6 
ZOOLOGICAL NOTES. 
Herbert Osborn. 
Cedar Point offers a number of rather peculiar features for study, 
and the fauna of the locality presents a very attractive field. On 
the one hand there is an extensive beach some six or seven miles in 
length, from which the sand dune formation extends backwards and 
merges into a swampy area bordering the waters of Sandusky Bay. 
On the beach after every storm will be found a large mass of drift 
material, including numerous fishes that have been thrown ashore. 
These furnish an attraction for a number of forms of animals, a 
complete census of which has as yet not been attempted. It may be 
mentioned, however, that numerous species of flies take to them to 
deposit their eggs, the larvae a few days after each storm being a 
conspicuous element to be followed a few days later by pupae or 
mature flies; these in turn attract various birds and large numbers of 
Fkj. 1. — A Bit of Cedar Point Beaoh. 
toads, which seem to secure a very constant source of food especially 
in this vicinity. Species of burrowing Hymenoptera are conspicuous 
and upon the sand dunes the grass hopper ( Trimeroptropis maritima) 
is especially abundant. A millipede ( Fontaria indianae) is also very 
abundant crawling over the sand, and turtles from the lake pass up 
the beach and over the dunes to deposit their eggs at favorable 
points. 
Foot Prints. — A study of the tracks and foot prints which are 
made in the sand is especially interesting, and the determination of 
