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to the water fowl, and 175 species are recorded. Considerable space is given 
to insects and the lower forms of animal life, and especially to those which are 
of value to the fish fauna of the lake 
The larger part of the second volume is devoted to the flora of Lake Maxin- 
kuckee and its vicinity. This includes a special chapter on the aquatic flora 
and its uses, and a chapter on the algae, of which 76 species are mentioned. 
The volume closes with an annotated list of the ferns, fern allies, and seed-bearing 
plants found in the lake and the surrounding basins, of which 838 species are 
listed. The arrangement and nomenclature is that of the second edition of 
Britton and Brown’s Iilustrated Flora. The remarks about the various 
plants are very readable, while some of the observations are quite unique and 
have heretofore been unrecorded. 
Besides the scientific value of the monograph, its important educational 
value should not be overlooked. Dr. EVERMANN, the senior author, although 
now a well known scientist, was originally a teacher in our elementary schools, 
and the educational importance of scientific research has always been empha- 
sized by him. This book should be made a most helpful guide to the science 
teachers in our high schools and colleges who wish to do field work. It form 
a model for the study of the lake or river valley or even the pond or creek in 
one’s own locality. If the science teachers in the ninety-two counties of 
Indiana alone should use it with their classes in the study of local problems, a 
mass of information about the state would be accumulated, and a wonderful 
interest in nature study would be developed.—J. N. Rose 
NOTES FOR STUDENTS 
Taxonomic notes.—The vascular plants collected by the Canadian Arctic 
Expedition of 1913-18 on the Arctic coast west of the rooth meridian have been 
published by Macoun and Hotm,3 the latter completing the determinations 
after the death of Macoun. There have also been included three other 
collections from the same region. The enumeration includes 230 species, 
Compositae including 23, Gramineae 22, Ranunculaceae 19, Cruciferae and 
Saxifragaceae each 18, etc. The largest genus represented is Saxifraga with 
15 species, followed by Carex, Salix, and Ranunculus each with 12 species. 
Some interesting Paani are made with the flora of Greenland and of the 
west coast of Alas 
Evans? has published a detailed study of the liverwort genus Riccardia, 
“often known as Ameura,” as it is represented in Chile. He recognizes 25 
species, of which 3 are new and 17 new combinations. The descriptions are 
very full, so that the presentation is morphological as well as taxonomic. 
3 Macoun, James M., and Hom, ge Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedi- 
tion 1913-18. 5: Part A. 1-51. pls. 13. 
4 Evans, A. W., The genus maak in ‘Chile. Trans. Conn. Acad. Sci. 25 : 93- 
209. figs. 13. 1921. 
