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on a wide range of subjects, never giving np 

 his interest in the classics. In every way 

 Peirce was a living example of that breadth 

 oi character and interest which has so often 

 been characteristic of great scientists, but 

 which the specialist is so commonly supposed 

 to lack. 



Peirce's scientific activity was rewarded 

 with many distinctions. In 1906 he was 

 elected a member of the National Academy of 

 Sciences. He was also a fellow of the Ameri- 

 can Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the 

 American Philosophical Society, member of 

 the American Mathematical and American 

 Physical Societies, of the Astronomical and 

 Astrophysical Society of America, the Societe 

 Frangaise de Physique, and the Circolo Mate- 

 matico di Palermo. He was one of the 

 founders of the American Physical Society, 

 and was last year elected its president. The 

 election would have been renewed this year, 

 but just before the meeting Peirce, evidently 

 feeling his inability to discharge the duties of 

 the office, had a notice sent out urging mem- 

 bers not to vote for him. Unfortunately his 

 misgivings were justified. In 1910 Harvard 

 conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of 

 Science. 



Professor Peirce married, on July 27, 1882, 

 at Edinburgh, Scotland, Miss Isabella Turn- 

 bull Landreth, by whom, with two daughters, 

 he is survived. At his funeral Appleton 

 chapel was crowded with colleagues and stu- 

 dents, but the number of friends who will 

 never forget his influence is far greater than 

 could be contained in any building. 



Abthur Gordon Webster 



TBE BBTANT WALKEB EXPEDITION, OF 

 THE UNIVEBSIT¥ OF MICSIGAN, TO 

 THE SANTA MABTA MOUNTAINS, 

 COLOMBIA, IN THE SUM- 

 MEM OF 1913 



This expedition, sent out from the museum 

 of zoology, was organized to do zoological work 

 in and about the west end of the Sierra Ne- 

 vada de Santa Marta, in northeastern Colom- 

 bia. The plan of the work was that adopted 

 for all expeditions sent by the museum to 



regions outside of the state of Michigan. 

 Relatively small areas where a variety of condi- 

 tions prevailed were located, and these were 

 examined for those groups of animals to which 

 the members of the museum stafl' are giving 

 most attention. Particular study was made 

 of the habits and local distribution of the 

 species, and the results were preserved as speci- 

 mens, notes and photographs of specimens and 

 environments. 



The party consisted of A. S. Pearse, of the 

 IJniversity of Wisconsin, F. M. Gaige, of the 

 University of Michigan, and the writer (in 

 charge) ; and the groups which received most 

 attention were the reptiles, amphibians, ants, 

 crustaceans and molluscs. The collections of 

 these forms may be summarized as follows: 

 reptiles and amphibians, about 1,000 speci- 

 mens; ants, 603 lots; crustaceans, 140 lots; 

 molluscs, 150 lots. Small collections of other 

 groups were made by preserving such material 

 as was discovered, the collecting being re- 

 stricted to a few forms which could be secured 

 in series without interfering with the regular 

 work. The groups which received such atten- 

 tion are leeches, earthworms, myriapods, 

 scorpions, beetles, the genus Peripatus, and 

 fishes. The other material secured consists 

 almost entirely of specimens of those forms 

 needed for illustrative purposes or as additions 

 to the synoptic collections in the museum. 



The expedition reached Santa Marta on 

 July 1 and at once proceeded to an elevation 

 of 4,500 feet. From this point a strip of terri- 

 tory from 2,200 feet to 8,300 feet (the summit 

 of San Lorenzo) was explored for twenty-six 

 days. On July 27 the party moved to the 

 plain and spent nine days in continuing the 

 explored strip from 2,200 feet to the foot of 

 the range. The remainder of the time until 

 September 1 was given to the investigation of 

 the lowlands in three places — about Santa 

 Marta, at Fundacion and on the Salamanca 

 coast near Cienaga. 



Not a little of the success of the expedition 

 is to be attributed to the assistance and hos- 

 pitality of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Flye and the 

 members of their family, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. 

 Carriker, Mr. William A. Trout, consular agent 



