:24 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. IV, No. 1, 



Ohio birds with notes on each species. This paper is an impor- 

 tant contribution to our knowledge of the local avifauna and will 

 certainly do much to advance the stud}- of ornitholog}- in Ohio. 

 Special Paper No. 7, by Thomas A. Bonser, is entitled " Eco- 

 logical Stud}^ of Big Spring Prairie," Wyandot Count}-, Ohio. 

 It contains 96 pages with maps and numerous illustrations and is 

 a very complete presentation of the ecolog}- of the area under 

 consideration. J. H. S. 



A specimen of the Paddle-fish, Polydon spathula ( Wal.), was 

 seen by the undersigned in the Post Company's Fish House, 

 Sandusky, Ohio, in August of the present year. According to 

 Osburn (Fishes of Ohio, Special Paper 4, O. Ac. Sc, p. 18), 

 records of its occurrence in the Great Lakes are not abundant. 

 From the fishermen, I learned that the fish is seen at irregular 

 intervals but not commonlv- Max Morse. 



MEETING OF THE BIOLOLICAL CLUB- 



Orton Hall, June i, 1903. 



After the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting the 

 committee on nominations reported the following board of editors 

 for the Naturalist : 



Editor-in-Chief J. H. Schaffner. 



Business Manager, . . . . J. S. HiNE. 



Associate Editors. 



Geology, J. A. Bownocker. 



Zoology, . . . . . . F. L. Landacre. 



Archaeology, . . . . . W. C. Mills. 



Botany, ...... W. A. Kellerman. 



Ecology, O. E. Jennings. 



Ornithology, Max Morse. 



Upon motion the Club adopted tliL- report and elected the 

 ■editors as recommended. 



Mr. C. W. Mally spoke to the Club of his experience in South 

 Africa. The climate is adapted to grow most of our temperate 

 crops. There is great need of a vegatable pathologist. Ento- 

 mology is strictly economic and the strictly scientific work is done 

 in England and in this countr}-. 



Under reports on theses, I\Ir. J. G. Sanders reported the addi- 

 tion of 21 or 22 species and 4 genera of scale insects to the State 

 list and the description of three new species. Mr. Swezey reported 

 work on the life histories of some of the Fulgoridae. Mr. E. A. 

 Sanders reported a joint thesis with Mr. A. W. Whetstone upon 

 the forest ecology of Franklin County. 



Robert F. Griggs, Scartcuv. 



