Tall grasses were dominant on the lower hillsides and small patches of Slough grass (_Spartina pectinata_) grew in moist areas. Ravines originated at small intermittent springs on the sides of the hill. The banks of ravines were high and steep and more or less bare of vegetation. High, dense stands of Slough grass grew at intermittent springs and along the courses of ravines; sedges (_Carex_, sp.) grew where small pools of water formed and created marshy conditions. Prairie grasses along the tops of ravine embankments formed a narrow overhanging canopy of vegetation that was accentuated in many places where the sod was under-cut by erosion or by the activities of burrowing animals (Pl. 18, Fig. 1). Box turtles frequently sought shelter beneath this vegetational canopy or burrowed beneath the sod. On the highest part of the pasture near the entry road several small areas were nearly bare, presumably because of heavy overgrazing; grasses (except for scattered clumps of _Bouteloua curtipendula_ and _Setaria lutescens_) were absent and dominant vegetation consisted of Buffalo-bur (_Solanum rostratum_), Blue Vervain (_Verbena hastata_), Mullein (_Verbascum Thapsus_), Ragweed, Asters, and a few Prickly Pear (_Opuntia humifusa_). Two small areas on the pasture completely lacked vegetation; these may have been wallows or the sites of old salt-licks. Three shallow stock ponds, behind earthen dikes in ravines, were present on the pasture. The pond near the farm buildings ("House Pond") and that in the southwestern part of the pasture ("Far Pond") were present when studies of box turtles were begun. The largest pond, in a deep ravine in the northern part of the pasture, was constructed in June, 1956, and became filled in approximately one month (Pls. 16 and 18). Pond embankments were chiefly bare of vegetation because of trampling by cattle; in a few places at the edge of the water, or in places too steep for cattle to walk, there were small patches of weeds, sedges, and Slough Grass. The ponds contained some water at all times of the year. The only vertebrates permanently inhabiting the ponds in the course of my studies were Bullfrogs (_Rana catesbeiana_) and Leopard frogs (_Rana pipiens_). The three parts of the pasture in which studies were concentrated were designated as separate subdivisions. The northwest corner area (28 acres) was triangular and bounded on two sides by rock fences and on its third side by a deep ravine. The southern ravine area (17 acres) constituted the part of the lower southern hillside drained by a series of ravines. The house pond area (seven acres) surrounded "House Pond." Habitat in these three subdivisions of the pasture was especially favorable for box turtles. Materials and Methods