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Isoetes Howellii, Engelm. June, 1885. 



Trite leia Howellii (Wats.) June, 1878. 



Montia Howellii Wats. April, 1881. 



Saxifraga Howellii, Greene, April, 1891. 



Astragaliis conjunctus, Wats. May, 1880. 



Astragalus Hoodianus, Howell. June, 1883. 



Epilohium Hammondi, Howell. Aug. 1888. 



Velaea glauca, C & R. April, 1889. 



Coelopleurum longipes, C. & R. 1891. 



Gentiana Orfordii, Howell, Oct. 1892. {Edward L. Greene.) 



Michigan Bird Life. 



Professor Walter Bradford Barrows has placed every student 

 of birds in our country under lasting obligations for his very 

 complete work entitled "Michigan Bird Life." With the pains- 

 taking care that only a true lover of birds can show, he has written 

 biographies of our birds that are very satisfactory to the observer 

 of bird life. His own extensive observations and a very wide 

 reading of books on ornithology, with a pleasing style, have made 

 an excellent reference book on this branch of natural history. . 



The introduction to the book is a very valuable paper covering 

 the following topics: — CHmate, Distribution of Plant Life, Dis- 

 tribution of Animal Life, Bird Life in Michigan, Recent Changes 

 in Bird Life, How To Study Birds, Migration. The body of the book 

 has two divisions: Water Birds and Land Birds. 



Professor Barrow's description of his work is as follows: 



"Special Bulletin of the Zoological Department of the Michigan 

 Agricultural College. Just Published. 822 pages, 70 uncolored 

 plates and 152 text figures. Weight about 4 lbs. Contains full 

 descriptions of all birds found in the state, with an account of the 

 migration, food, song, nest, eggs and general habits of each species. 

 This bulletin can not be distributed gratis but will be supplied 

 at actual cost plus transportation. It is sold at the College for 

 45 cents, in paper covers, or 60 cents, bound in cloth; transpor- 

 tation 35 cents additional and must be prepaid. 



Applications should be sent to Secretary A. M. Brown, East 

 Lansing, to whom all checks, drafts, and money orders should 

 be made payable. Please do not send stamps." 



