4i6 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. IX, No. 2, 



Meeting of the Biological Club. 



Orton Hall, Oct. 5, 1908. 



The club was called to order by the president and the minutes 

 of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



This being the hrst meeting after the reopening of the Uni- 

 versity, the program consisted of reports of the past summer's 

 work. The president, Prof. Hubbard, appointed R. F. Griggs, 

 J. S. Hine and J. C. Hambleton as a nominating committee to 

 nominate candidates for officers for the coming year. 



Dr. A. Dachnowski reviewed the ecology of Cedar Point, 

 having studied the succession of vegetation in the lagoons. 

 Prof. R. F. Griggs reported finding an interesting division of 

 nuclei in Synchitrium. Prof. J. H. Schaffner gave an interesting 

 account of his past year's study in Europe. Mr. R.J. Sim gave 

 an account of observations on the food habits of the black tern, 

 which seems capable of consuming enormous quantities of min- 

 nows at one time. Prof. J. C. Hambleton spoke of the reforesta- 

 tion of old farms and hills of New England. The new growth is 

 largely pine. Prof. F. L. Landacre reported on recent studies 

 of his on the brain of the cat fish. Mr. W. C. Morse was engaged 

 the past summer in a study of the geology of southern Ohio and 

 Kentucky, the work in the latter state being in the Bedford and 

 Berea. Prof. H. Osborn gave an account of the work at the 

 Lake Laboratory at Sandusky the past summer, mentioning the 

 extension of tlie bird records for Ohio by Prof. L. Jones. 



Arthur H. McCr.w, Sccretdry. 



Date of Publication, December 15, 1908. 



