5i8 The Ohio Naturalist. [Vol. VI, No. 6, 



CIRCULAR OF INQUIRY WITH REFERENCE TO THE PRES- 

 ENT STATUS OF THE ENGLISH SPARROW PROBLEM 



IN AMERICA. 



1. Are you familiar with Bulletin No. 1, The English Spar- 

 row in America, published by the Agricultural Department in 

 1889; and do you agree with the facts there presented and with 

 its conclusions? 



2. Is the English Sparrow present in your locality? If so, 

 are they increasing or derceasing in numbers? 



o. What is being done with you to exterminate them? 

 Please outline methods which you deem effective. 



4. What influence have you observed the English Sparrow 

 to have upon native birds? 



5. Would public opinion in your locality favor the adoption 

 of effective measures to exterminate this species? 



6. Please state the facts and arguments, pro and con, which 

 decide this problem in your own mind. 



Please send replies as early as possible — before June 1 — to 

 the undersigned. It is hoped to gather a consensus of opinion 

 from all parts of this country and Canada. The data will be 

 published as soon as possible. 



Signed, 

 March, 5, 1906. A. H. Estabrook, 



(Newspapers please copy.) Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 



MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 



Ortox Hall, Feb. 5, 1906 



The Club was called to order by the president, Mr. Griggs. 

 The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 



The paper of the evening was by Mr. Griggs on "The Kelps 

 of Vancouver's Island." 



Mr. Burgess, Professors Schaffner, Hubbard and Hambleton 

 took part in the discussion which followed. 



Dr. Berger reported a formula for mixing alcohols which he 

 had worked out. 



D. D. C. Condit, Allan McOwen, A. F. Burgess, Misses Clara 

 Orton Smith, Irene Fisher, May Dalbey, Ethel Smith, Ada Noyes, 

 and Elizabeth Matthews were elected to membership. 



The club then adjourned until March. 



Z. P. Metcalf, Sec. 



Date of Publication of April Number, April 14, 1906. 



