204 Notes and News. [April 
tary, Mr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr.; Treasurer, Dr. C. Slover Allen. Reso- 
lutions were adopted relative to the death of Mr. S. Lowell Elliott, a Resi- 
dent Member. Mr. Ernest E. Thompson made some remarks upon the 
‘Zoégraphical Areas of the Province of Ontario, Canada,’ in substanceas 
follows: A line drawn from the southern end of Georgian Bay to the east- 
ern end of Lake Ontario seems to divide the Canadian from the Allegha- 
nian fauna, and this same line is the dividing line between the Laurentian 
and Silurian geological formations. Northof it isa region of rocks and 
fresh water lakes, where are found such species of birds as the Spruce Par- 
tridge (Dendragupus cnnadensis), Hudsonian Chickadee (Parus hudsout- 
cus), and Three-toed Woodpeckers (Prco¢des arcticus and P. americanus) ; 
while south of it is found an alluvial soil and a fine farming country, where 
such species as the Black Squirrel (Scéwrus carolinensis leucotis), Fox 
Squirrel (S. x¢7ger ludovicianus), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Poléopitila ceru- 
lea), Wood Thrush (Turdus mustelinus),and Red-bellied Woodpecker 
(Melanerpes carolinus) arefound. Along the shores of Lake Erie grow 
liriodendron, walnut, chestnut and peach. North of this is a region of 
tamarack swamp, although in elevation 250 feethigher. At Ottawa there 
is an area of depression, characterized by many forms of life usually confined 
to more southern latitudes. Such species as Poléoptrla cerulea, Turdus 
mustelinus, Harporhynchus rufus, Ammodramus passerinus, and Ammo- 
dramus caudacutus are among those recorded from this region. Near Lake 
Nipissing is another area of depression where some oak and beach are 
found. A curious fact is that during the spring migration the Plovers 
and Shore-birds approach Toronto from the east and then turn abruptly 
northward, while the Warblers come from the southwest. Fifty years 
ago the Skunk (Mephitis mephitica) was not found at Toronto, where it 
is now established. A strange record is that of a Franklin’s Spermo- 
phile (Spermophilus franklinz) killed near Gravenhurst, about 120 miles 
north of Toronto. : 
Mr. George B. Sennett exhibited, from his collection from Tamaulipas, 
Mexico, many species of birds given in Mr. Ridgway’s ‘Manual’ as found © 
in the region contiguous to the United States, and liable to occur within 
our limits.—JONATHAN Dwicut, Jr., Recording Secretary. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
IN THE January number of ‘The Auk’ (Vol. VI, p. 81) the death of Mr. 
Thure Kumlien of Milwaukee, Wisc., an Associate Member of the A. O.U., 
was briefly mentioned, with the statement thata fuller notice was neces- 
sarily delayed from lack of sufficient information. Since then we have 
been favored with two published memorial notices of Mr. Kumlien,— 
oneby Mr. William M. Wheeler, Custodian and Secretary of the Public 
