348 Recent Literature. [j^ 



of the Section of Zoology of the Michigan Academy of Science in the 

 Museum Lecture Room, Ann Arbor, on Friday, March 30, 1906. Chas. 

 C. Adams, vice-president of the section of zoology, presided. The following 

 ornithological papers were presented: 'Bird Dissemination of Juniperus,' 

 Frank J. Phillips; 'An Ecological Study of the Birds of Ypsilanti Bayou,' 

 Max M. Peet; 'Twenty-five years of Bird Migration at Ann Arbor,' Nor- 

 man A. Wood; ' Notes on the Birds of the Michigan Forest Reserve,' E. H. 

 Frothingham; 'The Bird Life of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Vicinity' (by 

 title), Norman A. Wood; 'A Topographical Study of the Birds of the 

 "Overflow" at Ann Arbor, Mich.,' R. A. Brown; 'An Ecological Survey 

 of Isle Royal, Lake Superior,' Chas. C. Adams; 'The Ecological Distribu- 

 tion of the Birds on Isle Royal,' Otto McCreary; 'The Fall Migration of 

 Birds on Isle Royal' (by title), Max M. Peet. Professor Walter B. Bar- 

 rows, president of the Club and of the Academy, gave his presidental 

 address before the Academy on 'Facts and Fancies in Bird Migration' 

 in the lecture room of the physical laboratory on Thursday evening. 



A business meeting was held in the afternoon in the office of the curator 

 of the University Museum. The officers for 1906-7 were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, Prof. Walter B. Barrows, Agricultural College; Vice- 

 Presidents, J. Claire Wood, Detroit, Edward Arnold, Battle Creek, Norman 

 A. Wood, Ann Arbor; Secretaiy, Dr. Alexander W. Blain, Jr., Detroit; 

 Treasurer, Frederick C. Hubel, Detroit; Editor of 'Bulletin,' Walter B. 

 Barrows; Associate Editors, Dr. Wm. H. Dunham, Kalkaska, Dr. R. A. 

 Brown, Kalamazoo. — A. W. Blain, Jr., Sec'y. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Buturlin's ' The Breeding-grounds of the Rosy Gull.' 1 — The breeding- 

 grounds of the Rosy Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) long eluded discovery, 

 but Dr. Buturlin has now found one of its summer haunts in the delta 

 of the Kolyma River, on the Arctic coast of eastern Siberia. Here (lat- 

 itude 69° N., long. 160° E.) in June, 1905, he found small colonies of 

 these birds breeding and secured a good series of skins of both adults 

 and downy young, and 36 eggs. The first Rosy Gulls were seen May 30 

 and 31; "they had evidently just finished their migration and were tired 

 after their exertions." In a few hours they had recovered from their 

 fatigue. They were quite easy of approach, and Dr. Buturlin was able 



1 The Breeding-grounds of the Rosy Gull. By S. A. Buturlin. Ibis, 1906, pp. 

 131-139, 333-337. 



