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lave been preserved, and this is the part of 
the state in which one would look for the 
typical form, the problem of determining the 
species that formerly inhabited this region is 
not an easy one to solve. 
The northern limit of the range of the 
typical form has only been vaguely given by 
the different authorities. Thus Hahn’* says 
“from the region of the Great Lakes,” 
Rhoads’ states that it occurs “from southern 
New York and Michigan,” and Seton* gives it 
approximately the two southern tiers of 
Michigan counties in his map of the range of 
the species. Apparently none of these state- 
ments are based upon definite information, as 
we have been unable to find any specimens 
or information that would lead us to believe 
that the typical form ever occurred in Mich- 
igan even in the southernmost counties. 
There are two skulls from Wexford county 
in the museum that are evidently to be re- 
ferred to variety borealis, the lower row of 
cheek teeth measuring 83 mm. in one and 
79 mm. in the other, which has not yet ac- 
quired the rear lobe of the third molar. This 
confirms the opinion held by most writers 
that the northern form is found in the north- 
ern part of the lower peninsula. There are 
also in the collection, however, a skull from 
Livingston County (No. 5240) and sub-fossil 
jaws from Washtenaw County (No. 42,532 
and Branch County (No. 42,531) in which the 
lower row of cheek teeth measures 83 mm., 
82 mm. and 90 mm., respectively. These 
specimens with the statements of former resi- 
dents’ of Washtenaw and Wayne counties that 
the deer of these counties had a gray coat in 
winter seems to constitute pretty clear evi- 
dence that the variety borealis formerly ranged 
1Hahn, W. L., ‘‘The Mammals of Indiana,’’ 
33d Ann. Rept. Indiana Dept. of Geology and 
Natural Resources, 1908, p. 458. 
? Rhoads, S. N., ‘‘ The Mammals of Pennsylvania 
and New Jersey,’’ 1903, p. 24. 
3 Seton, Ernest Thompson, ‘‘Life-Histories of 
Northern Animals,’’ 1909, p. 75. 
*The length measured along the grinding sur- 
face of the teeth. 
5 See ‘‘Michigan Pioneer and Historical Collee- 
tions,’’ Vol. IV., p. 486 et seqg., and p. 542. 
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clear to the southern boundary of the state to 
the exclusion of the typical form. 
ALEXANDER G. RUTHVEN, 
Norman A. Woop 
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 
MUSEUM oF NATURAL HISTORY 
THE FLORA BRASILIENSIS 
To THE Epitor oF Sctence: Referring to the 
note regarding the set of the “ Flora Brasili- 
ensis ” recently acquired by the University of 
Illinois and the statement that it is the fourth 
obtained by American libraries, the others 
being at Harvard, Columbia and the Shaw 
Botanical Gardens, it may be worth while to 
state that there is a complete set in the library 
of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 
delphia, the volumes issued prior to the abdi- 
cation of Dom Pedro II. having been received 
as a gift from him in evidence of his appre- 
ciation of the attentions shown him by the 
academy in 1876, during his attendance on 
the Centennial Exposition. 
A detailed account of the emperor’s visit 
will be found in my “History of the 
Academy.” 
Epw. J. Nowan, 
Secretary and Librarian 
To THE Epiror or Science: In your depart- 
ment of “ Scientific Notes and News” of April 
26, 1912, there is a statement that the set of 
“Flora Brasiliensis,” which has just been 
added to the natural history library of the 
University of Illinois makes the fourth set 
obtained by American libraries, “ others being 
at Harvard, Columbia and the Shaw Botan- 
ical Gardens.” Will you kindly mention the 
fact in Science that the library of the Ohio 
State University has a complete set of “ Flora 
Brasiliensis”? In the very early days of the 
university the first parts of the “ Flora” were 
presented to the university by Mr. William 
S. Sullivant, of Columbus, with the under- 
standing that the university would keep up 
the subscriptions. This was done and the 
parts as issued were received regularly by the 
university library. On the completion of the 
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