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SCIENCE. 



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Those whose experience has been con- 

 fined to the seashore or to our inland lakes, 

 large or small, can have but little concep- 

 tion of the abunbance of biological mate- 

 rial accessible, with the minimum of effort 

 and expense, to the student at the Illinois 

 Station. 



The laboratory is fully equipped with all 

 necessary appliances. The present accom- 

 modations are sufficient for sixteen persons. 



SNAKES IN OREGON. 



In the vicinity of Klamath River, Klam- 

 ath county, Oregon, a certain species of 

 Eutmnia swarms by scores, by the hun- 

 dreds and by the thousands. They are 

 found mostly along the water courses in 

 the grass or sunning themselves on the bare 

 rocks or driftwood in the streams or on 

 their banks. 



The accompanying illustration is from a 



Applications for admissson must be made 

 in advance and at as early a day as prac- 

 ticable, with precise specification of the 

 period for which the applicant wishes to 

 occupy a table in the Station laboratoi-y. 

 All further pai-ticulars may be obtained 

 from the director, Prof S. A. Forbes, Ur- 

 bana. 111. 



photograph made on a branch of the Kla- 

 math River, three miles south of Klamath 

 Falls, Oregon. It was obtained in the latter 

 part of July last and kindly furnished us 

 by Mr. James A. Diggles, a student of 

 geology at Stanford University. The nega- 

 tive was made about ten o'clock in the 

 morning. Such a display is bj' no means 



