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value oC the grouse aud wild turkeys, both from their habit of 

 eating insects and weed seeds, and because of their value as an arti- 

 cle of diet. It is earnestly to be hoped that active measures will 

 at once be taken to repopulate the regions now depopulated by theso 

 birds, which were once well stocked. L. J. 



Bird Photography in Norway. By R. W. Shufeldt. Reprint 

 from The Popular Science Monthly, May, 190G. 



Dr. Shufeldt here gives us a delightful glimpse of Norway bird 

 life in pen and "-amera pictures. Certainly Norway is not a whit 

 behind America in catching the birds with the lens. L. J. 



An Ecological Survey in Northern Michigan. Prepared under 

 the direction of Chas. C. Adams. A Report from the University 

 Museum, University of Michigan, published by the State Board of 

 Geological Survey as a part of the Report for 1905. Copiously il- 

 lustrated with maps and half-tones. 



This ecological study covers "the plant and animal life of the 

 Porcupine Mountains in Ontonagon County and on Isle Royale." 

 The Porcupine Mountains wei'e studied from July 11 to August 13, 

 and Isle Royale from August 13 to September 5. As far as the birds 

 were concerned they were seen only under the conditions of fall 

 migration. Eighty-nine species of birds were recorded on the Por- 

 cupine Mountains, and 81 on Isle Royale. It is to be hoped that 

 this work can be supplemented by studies during the breeding sea- 

 son of the birds. L. J. 



We are pained to learn of the death of our fellow member, a 

 sketch of whose life from the pen of one of his close associates is 

 here quoted from a local paper. 



"Alternately reciting the apostle's creed and repeating parts of 

 the Lord's prayer the soul of LaRue K. Holmes, son of Colonel B. 

 P. and Georgiana K. Holmes, passed to its eternal reward. The 

 end came suddenly at his home on Pine Grove avenue, early Thurs- 

 day morning. The immediate cause of death was rheumatism of 

 the heart complicated with other weaknesses. Though a young man 

 of quiet, studious tastes, young Holmes was well known in Summit. 

 N. J., and his death will come as a shock to his many friends. 



"Born December 2nd, 1883, he was little over twenty-two years 

 of age. At an early age he became a communicant in the Episcopal 

 church and died in that fellowship. A profound lover of nature, 

 he developed while still a boy into a zealous student of natural his- 

 tory. Botany, entomology, and ornithology claimed his attention 

 according to his varying mood. He could not cross a field or pass 

 through a belt of timber without exploring hidden nooks for speci- 

 mens of interest to the naturalist. 



