248 Notes and News. [a^U 



From the 'Report of the Chief of the Division of Biological Survey for 

 1905,' we learn that during the year ending June 30, 1905, the field work 

 in Texas was completed, and is being continued in New Mexico and Colo- 

 rado, under the direction of Mr. Vernon Bailey, chief field naturalist. A 

 report on the Texas work, by Mr. Bailey, has just been published, treating 

 in detail of the life zones of the State and its mammals and reptiles, and a 

 report on the birds, by Mr. Oberholser, is nearly completed. The biological 

 work in the Mackenzie basin, by Mr. E. A. Preble, is also finished, and the 

 preparation of a report thereon is well advanced. Mr. Preble "wintered 

 at Fort Simpson, on the Upper Mackenzie, for the purpose of studying 

 the conditions of an arctic winter and of being on the ground so as to begin 

 investigations in the early spring. Having finished work at Fort Simpson, 

 he descended the Mackenzie in June, visited Fort MacPherson, on the 

 Lower Peel River, making collections here and at other points on his way 

 southward." Explorations were also carried on in the northern Rocky 

 Mountains of Yukon Territory, under the direction of Mr. Wilfred H. 

 Osgood, who, with the cooperation of Mr. Charles Sheldon, of New York, 

 made trips to the Ogilvie Range, near the Alaska boundary, and to the 

 region about the head of the Macmillan River. Field work was also con- 

 tinued in California, under the immediate direction of the Chief of the 

 Biological Survey, Dr. C. Hart Merriam. 



Work in economic ornithology has been prosecuted as usual and the 

 results, as published in various recent 'bulletins,' have already received 

 notice in these pages. Respecting game protection, "Every effort has 

 been made to secure the adoption of modern methods for the protection 

 of game, to meet the numerous demands for aid and information concern- 

 ing game laws and methods of enforcement, and to cooperate in every way 

 possible with the several States and the various game-protective associa- 

 tions." During the year more than 100 Capercailzie were introduced for 

 liberation on Grand Island, Mich. About 2000 other game birds were 

 introduced for stocking covers, including pheasants, quail, partridges, 

 ducks, etc. 



During the year several additional game and bird reservations were set 

 aside, as the Wichita Poorest Reservation, in the Wichita Mountains, Okla- 

 homa, the Stump Lake Reservation in North Dakota, and the Breton 

 Island Reservation, off the coast of Louisiana. Various special investiga- 

 tions regarding the protection of game, including the migration and pro- 

 tection of shore birds, have been undertaken, and the results in some cases 

 have already been published. 



Work on the migration of birds is still continued as usual, including 

 the sending out of migration schedules, and the compiling of migration 

 records for United States birds at points in countries both south and north 

 of .the United States, and the preparation of a bulletin on the 'Distribution 

 and Migration of North American Ducks and Geese '.is well under way. 



