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Annual Report of the Bureau of 

 Biological Survey. 8vo. 24 pages. 

 Washington, Sept. 4, 1919. 



Both the extent and variety of the opera- 

 tions of the Biological Survey are shown 

 in Mr. Nelson's summary of its work for 

 the year ending June 30, 1919. Nearly 

 one-half of this document is devoted to a 

 record of the destruction of mammals 

 injurious to man's interest and which 

 evidently must give way before the in- 

 exorable demands of civilization. Certain 

 birds also fall under the ban, but Science 

 should hold the scales with the stern 

 impartiality of Justice, and a verdict in 

 the birds' favor cannot always be expected. 



The Division of Biological Investiga- 

 tions has continued its work on the dis- 

 tribution and migration of birds, its files 

 now containing no less than 1,350,000 

 reference cards, the breeding areas of 

 North American wild fowl have been 

 investigated, the wild life of National 

 parks studied, and biological surveys 

 have been prosecuted in Wisconsin, 

 Montana, Florida, Washington, and North 

 Dakota. From information furnished by 

 the Bureau we learn that in Wiscoiisin 

 the State Geological and Natural 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 

 Agriculture, and Prof. George Wagner, of 

 the University of Wisconsin, for the state 

 of Wisconsin. Work was begun May 1 5 and 

 continued 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, 

 assisted by Mr. Harry Malleis, worked 

 the valley of the Missouri and the border- 

 ing plains and mountains from the mouth 



of Milk River westward, under the general 

 direction of Mr. Edward A. Preble. The 

 Little Rockies, Moccasin Mountains, Big 

 and Little Belt Mountains, and Castle 

 Mountains were visited during the latter 

 part of the summer. Victor N. House- 

 holder was a member of the party during 

 the early part of the season. 



The biological survey of Florida was 

 continued 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 Okeecho- 

 bee. The collections in the Florida State 

 Museum were examined and the specimens 

 carefully identified. A collection of bird 

 records from Florida, both published and 

 unpublished, shows approximately 390 

 species and subspecies recorded from the 

 state. 



Cooperating at different times with the 

 Biological Survey in field-work in the state 

 of Washington were the following: Prof. 

 William T. Shaw, State College of Wash- 

 ington, Pullman; Prof. H. S. Brode, Whit- 

 man College, Walla Walla; Prof. J. W. 

 Hungate, State Normal School, Cheney; 

 Prof. J. B. Flett, National Park Service, 

 Longmire; Mr. William L. Finley and 

 Mrs. Finley, Portland, Ore.; and Stanton 

 Warburton, Jr., of Tacoma. The Biolo- 

 gical Survey was represented for a part of 

 the time by Mr. Stanley G. Jewett, Pen- 

 dleton, Ore, and throughout the season by 

 Mr. George G. Cantwell, Puyallup, Wash., 

 and Dr. Walter P. Taylor, of the Biological 

 Survey, the last named in charge of the 

 work. Investigations were made in the 

 Blue Mountains area of extreme south- 

 eastern Washington, in which occurs an 

 unusual mixture of Rocky Mountain and 

 ■Cascade Mountain types, and in Mount 

 Rainier National Park, in connection 

 with which the circuit of Mount Rainier 

 was made for the first time, sO far as 

 known, by any vertebrate zoological 

 expedition. 



In North Dakota Mr. Vernon Bailey 



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