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tone engravings of the localities described, showing mountains, 

 lakes, trees and forests, as well as nests of birds and the places 

 where they are built. The publication will appeal more readily to 

 those who are familiar with the region described, but there is a 

 large amount of valuable information for eastern bird students. 



The Ontario Natural Science Bulletin. — Number 5 of 

 the Ontario Natural Science Bulletin is the Journal of the Welling- 

 ton Field Naturalists' Club, at Guelph, Ontario. It contains a num- 

 ber of interesting articles on the plants and birds of Ontario. There 

 is a paper by H. H. Whetzel upon "A Fungus L,iving as a Parasite 

 upon Another Fungus"; an article on the "Hibernation of the 

 Jumping Mouse," by \V. E. Saunders; "Biologic Plant-Types," by 

 Theo. Holm, Brookland, D. C; "The Geoglossaceee or Earth- 

 Tongues," by Elias J. Durand; "Notes on some Birds of Bruce 

 County, Ontario," by A. B. Klugh; "The Ericacere and Orchidacese 

 in the Vicinity of Gait, Ontario," by W. Herriot; "The Influence 

 of Darwin on Botanical Science," by J. H. F'aull; "Birds of Orange- 

 ville, Ontario and Vicinity," by E. W. Calvert; "Gramineae of 

 County Peel," by J. White; "Birds on My Farm This Winter 

 (1908-9)," by James H. Caesar, Mono Road, Peel County, Ontario; 

 "A Glance at Our Wild Flowers," by C. J. Young; "Bohemian 

 Waxwing," by E. Caesar; "General Notes," by Fred Mitchell; and 

 "The Polyporacese in the Vicinity of the Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege, Guelph." The papers are all scientific in character, and are 

 prepared with care and accuracy. 



At the commencement exercises held at The University of 

 Maine on June 9th, two members of the Maine Ornithological Society 

 had honorary degrees conferred upon them in recognition of their 

 achievements. Prescott Keyes, superintendent of the school district 

 comprising Gorham and Westbrook, received the degree of Master 

 of Science in recognition of his long continued and very able ser- 

 vices in the cause of education in Maine. Ora Willis Knight, of 

 Bangor, received the degree of Doctor of Science in recognition of 

 the signal contribution to the scientific history of Maine in his re- 

 cently published Birds of Maine. 



