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SCIENCE 



[N. S. Vol. LI. No. 1306 



BIOLOGICAI. SURVEYS OF STATES BY THE 

 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- 

 CULTURE DURING 1919 



"Work in biological investigations of birds 

 and mammals by the Bureau of Biological 

 Surrey, II. S. Department of Agriculture, and 

 cooperating institutions, while somewhat in- 

 terrupted by the war, is rapidly getting back 

 to normal. The work falls into three prin- 

 cipal divisions, namely, investigations of 

 habits, distribution, migration, and systematic 

 studies of birds, investigation of the habits 

 and relationships of mam mala, and natural 

 history surveys of the states. This note deals 

 with work under the latter head only. 



In Wisconsin the State Geological and ISTat- 

 ural History Survey is cooperating with the 

 United States Department of Agriculture in 

 the work, which is in charge of Dr. Hartley 

 H. T. Jackson for the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and Professor George Wagner of the 

 University of Wisconsin for the State of Wis- 

 consin. Work was begun May 15 and con- 

 tinued until September 20. The principal 

 field of cooperation was the northwestern part 

 of the state, special attention being devoted 

 to the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior. Mr. 

 Harry H. Sheldon for the Biological Survey, 

 and Mr. Arthur J. Poole for the Wisconsin 

 Survey assisted throughout the season. 



In Montana, Mr. Marcus A. Hanna, as- 

 sisted by Mr. Harry Malleis, worked the vaUey 

 of the Missouri and the bordering plains and 

 mountains from the mouth of Milk Eiver 

 westward, under the general direction of Mr. 

 Edward A. Preble. The Little Eockies, Moc- 

 casin Mountains, Big and Little Belt Moun- 

 tains and Castle Mountains were visited dur- 

 ing the latter part of the summer. Victor 

 IST. Householder was a member of the party 

 during the early part of the season. 



The biological survey of Florida was con- 

 tinued by Mr. Arthur H. Howell. Field 

 studies were carried on during March and 

 April over a large part of Lee County and in 

 the region around Lake Okeechobee. The 

 collections in the Florida State Museum were 

 examined and the specimens carefully identi- 

 fied. A collection of bird records from 

 Florida, both published and unpublished, 



shows approximately 390 species and sub- 

 species recorded from the state. 



Cooperating at different times with the Bio- 

 logical Survey in field work in the state of 

 Washington were the following : Professor 

 William T. Shaw, State College of Washing- 

 ton, Pullman; Professor H. S. Brode, Whit- 

 man College, Walla Walla; Professor J. W. 

 Hungate, State Normal School, Cheny; Pro- 

 fessor J. B. Flett, National Park Service, 

 Longmire; Mr. William L. Finley and Mrs. 

 Finley, Portland, Oregon; and Stanton War- 

 burton, Jr., of Tacoma. The Biological Sur- 

 vey was represented for a part of the time 

 by Mr. Stanley G. Jewett, Pendleton, Oregon; 

 and throughout the season by Mr. George G. 

 Cantwell, PuyaUup, Washington, and Dr. 

 Walter P. Taylor, of the Biological Survey, 

 the last named in charge of the work. In- 

 vestigations were made in the Blue Moun- 

 tains area of extreme southeastern Washing- 

 ton, in which occurs an unusual mixture of 

 Eocky Mountain and Cascade Mountain 

 types; and in Mount Eainier National Park, 

 in connection vsdth which the circuit of 

 Mount Eainier was made for the fijst time, 

 so far as known, by any vertebrate zoological 

 expedition. 



In North Dakota Mr. Vernon Bailey worked 

 through September and October to get data 

 on the hibernation of mammals and on the 

 stores of food laid up for winter by non- 

 hibernating species. He has returned with 

 many valuable notes to be added to his report 

 on the mammals of the state, and with an 

 interesting collection of live rodents for study 

 of habits in captivity. 



SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



Sm William Osler, regius professor of medi- 

 cine at Oxford University, died on December 

 29, aged seventy years. 



Dr. L. O. Howard, chief of the Bureau of 

 Entomology of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture and for twenty-two years per- 

 manent secretary of the American Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, was elected 

 president of the association at the St. Louis 

 meeting. Dr. Edward L. Nichols, who last 



