SUPPLEMENT TO 



PUBLISHED BY 



The Biological Club of the Ohio State ( ^ti irersitj^ 

 Volume VIII NOVEAIBER 1907 No. 1 



A PROPOSED NATURAL HISTORY 

 SURVEY FOR OHIO 



The movement to establish a Natural History Survey 

 in Ohio was inaugurated at the Cincinnati meeting of 

 the Ohio Academy of Science in 1005, when a committee 

 consisting of Herbert Osborn, L. R. Walton and K. L. 

 Rice was appointed to prepare a bill and secure its con- 

 sideration by the State Legislature. The report of this 

 committee printed herewith with endorsements from va- 

 rious sources shows the sentiment of those best cpialified 

 to judge of the value of such a work. 



The Academy at its annual meeting in 1!)0(5 adopted 

 this report and authorized the committee to have it 

 printed, to increase its membership and to further the 

 project in everj^ way at its command. 



In pursuance of this act the committee has asked the 

 following members to serve on the enlarged committee: 

 Professor Charles Brookover, Buchtel College, Akron; 

 Prof. G. E. Coghill, Denison University, Granville; Mr. 

 Chas. Dur3^ Cincinnati; Prof. Bruce Fink, Miami Uni- 

 versitj'j Prof. M. F. Guyer, Cincinnati University; Prof. 

 H. A. Gossard, Wooster; Prof. Lynds Jones, Oberlin; 

 Mr. J. U. Lloyd, Cincinnati; Prof. \V. F. Mercer, Athens; 

 Prof. E. L. Mosely, Sandusky; Prof. F. C Waite, Cleve- 

 land; Prof. S. H. Williams, Miami University; Dr. H. S. 

 True, McConnelsvillQ; Dr. F. D. Snyder, Ashtabula; Dr. 

 S. H. Todd. Wooster; Dr. C. E. Slocum. Defiance; C. L. 

 Martzolff, Athens; E. H. Ed war Is. Cle veUnd. 



The committee will be pleased to have assistance of 

 any who are interested in the measure and suggestions 

 as to means of furthering the project are cordially invited. 



The Surveys of this character which have been in op- 



