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University of California, Annual Report, January 24, 1914. 

 University of Michigan Museum, Report of Director, November, 1913. 

 Wilson Bulletin, XXV, No. 4, December, 1913. 



Zoologist, The, (4), XVII, Nos. 204, 205 and 206. December, 1913- 

 February, 1914. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Gannets of Bonaventure. 



Editor of 'The Auk,' Sir: 



With reference to your review of 'The Gannet, a Bird with a History,' 

 may I use your columns to make a request for more information about the 

 early history of the important Gannet settlement upon Bonaventure 

 Island, which lies some way to the south of Cape Gasp6 in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence? I learn from Mr. F. A. Lucas that in 1813, Commander 

 Wakeham of the cruiser 'Princess,' was in the vicinity of Bonaventure, 

 on which he did not land, but understood that the Gannets had been es- 

 tablished there a long time. But one would like to have some definite 

 wTitten information about them, and proof of their presence on the island, 

 not only in 1813, but at a much earUer date, which ought to be obtainable. 

 Unfortunately neither Audubon nor Dr. Henry Bryant went to Bona- 

 venture, nor does there appear to be a record of any naturalist having 

 actually been there before 1881, in the summer of which year it was visited 

 by Mr. William Brewster and Professor Hyatt, who were members of a 

 small party organized by The Boston Society of Natural History for 

 scientific exploration. Mr. Brewster did not actually land on Bona- 

 venture, but great numbers of Gannets were flying about when he sailed 

 past it, although the weather was too misty to permit of a good view of the 

 cUffs. 



J. H. Gurnet. 

 Keswick Hall, Norwich. 



Researches of Gerhard Heilmann on the Origin of Birds. 



Editor of 'The Auk': 



Last autumn my attention was called to the unusual and very excellent 

 work now being published by the Danish ornithologist, Mr. Gerhard 

 Heilmann, of Copenhagen. Through my correspondence with this pains- 

 taking researcher, it came about that I was in a position to be of some slight 



