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PURPOSES OF THE STATION. 



The University of Montana Biological Station, located at Bigfork, at the 

 liead of Flathead Lake, was designed to serve as a field for research work for 

 the instructors and for others who may wish to attend; to afford opportunity 

 to teachers to collect material for class use and for their own laboratories; to 

 afford a place where teachers and students of biology may meet; to give 

 opportunity for studying the biology of Flathead Lake; for giving instruc- 

 tion in biological subjects. 



COURSES OF STUDY. 



The following scheme will give those who wish to attend an idea of the 

 kind and character of the work that may be done. 



Zoology: — 



(a) General Zoology, principally field work, instructions in methods of 

 study and observation, illustrating the influence of environment. An observa- 

 tional study, full of suggestion, very helpful to those who have had no 

 such opportunity for study. Material will be collected and worked up in 

 the laboratory. 



(b) Field and laboratory course in Entomology. Instruction in collect- 

 ing, preserving and labelling insects. Dissection and study of type speci- 

 mens. A study of injurious insects. 



(c) Ichthyology. Special course devoted particularly to the lake and 

 river fishes and their food supply. The course will include plankton study. 



(d) Ornithology. A study of birds, with methods of collecting, making 

 and preserving skins; habits and lives of birds of the rich avian region adja- 

 cent. Each student should be provided" w'ith field glass. 



(e) Plankton. A study of the microscopic life of Flathead Lake. 



Botany: — 



(a) Laboratory and Field Course. Study of type forms of Algae. 

 Fungi, Lichens, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes. and Spermatophytes. Especial 

 attention will be given to the Conifers of the vicinity. There will also 

 be collecting trips in the field, where the various type forms may be found. 

 In the laboratory, attention will be given to the classification of the more 

 common species, to the study of Plant Morphology, to the methods of prepara- 

 tion of Herbarium specimens, and to the methods of preservation in liquid 

 for immediate or permanent use. 



(b) Ecology. A general course including local ecological problems and 

 local plant geography. This region offers quite a diversity in plant societies. 



Photography: — 



The region offers rare opportunities for this branch of study. The work 

 will include a study of lenses, plates and developers. The use of the ray filter 

 will be explained, and the many errors which may fall to the lot of the 

 beginner will be pointed out. The course will include the selection of subject, 

 development, printing one or two kinds of paper, and transparencies. 



Students in photography must supply their own cameras and material. 

 There is a dark room at the laboratory and the scenery in the vicinity gives 

 ample scope for a series of negatives either in landscape or of scientific 

 subjects. 



Nature Study: — 



A course of study and practical work will be outlined which will afford 

 both a fund of information on which to draw during school work and at the 

 same time secure a collection of material to be used in illustration. The scope 

 of the work will include zoologj', botany, geology, and physiography of the 

 region. 



