BULLETIN 



OF THE 



WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



NEW YORK 



BOTANiCAl 



Vol.7. OCTOBER, 1909. Nos. 3— 4. 



PROCEEDINGS. 



Milwaukee, April 8, 1909. 



Meeting of the combined sections. 



President Teller in the chair and 19 persons present. 



The minutes of the last section meeting read and approved. 



The evening was devoted to a general discussion of Forestry. 



Mr. Alfred C. Burrill opened this with some remarks on the forest 

 regions of the United States describing the several typical kinds of 

 forests occurring within our boundaries, illustrating each with a 

 series of lantern slides. Mr. Henry L. Ward then followed with a short 

 account of some cases where changes in forest conditions have affected 

 the animal faunae of certain regions. He also cited a contrasting 

 case where a tlock of sheep on an island off the California coast had 

 so destroyed the vegetation that the island became a waste of sand 

 dunes. He was followed by Mr. George W. Colles who spoke on forest 

 conditions, particularly in Mexico. 



After considerable informal discussion Mr. Colles introduced a 

 resolution on forest destruction which was adopted by the section 

 meeting to be later proposed at the next regular meeting of the society. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Milwaukee, April 24, 1909. 



Regular monthly meeting of the society. 



President Teller in the chair and about 40 persons present. 



The business meeting was postponed until after the lecture of the 

 evening which was on Bird Architecture, by Mr. H. L. Ward, Director 

 -of the Milwaukee Public Museum. 



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