268 Scientific Intelligence. 



The present report includes part of the material previously 

 published, as well as much additional matter ; and, taken in con- 

 nection with the author's report on the southern Black Hills, will 

 remain as the authoritative work on this area. This paper, 

 including as it does the topography, general geology, strati- 

 graphy, structure, geological history, as well as a discussion of 

 the water resources, mineral resources, and climate, all parts of 

 it well written and well illustrated, may serve as a type publica- 

 tion if the United States Survey desires to be directly helpful to 

 teachers and students, and to the increasing body of readers who 

 are interested in geography, physiography, and general geologi- 

 cal description, rather than in details of paleontology, petrog- 

 raphy and economic geology. h. e. g. 



6. Biological Survey of Michigan : An Ecological Survey of 

 Isle Hoy ale, Lake Superior • prepared under direction of Charles 

 C. Adams. Pp. xiv and 422, 63 figures. — The following papers are 

 included in Parti of this report: 1. Isle Royale as a Biotic 

 Environment ; Dr. Charles C. Adams. 2. The Ecological Rela- 

 tions of the Invertebrate Fauna of Isle Royale, Michigan ; Dr. EL 

 A. Gleason. 3. The Ecological Distribution of the Birds of Isle 

 Royal, Lake Superior ; Otto McCreary. 4. The Fall Migration 

 of Birds at Washington Harbor, Isle Royale, Lake Superior ;, 

 Max Minor Peet. 5. The Ecological Succession of Birds; Dr. 

 Charles C. Adams. 6. The Coleoptera of Isle Royale, Lake 

 Superior, and their Relation to the North American Centers of 

 Dispersal ; Dr. Charles C. Adams. 



Part II contains the following annotated lists : 1. Notes on the 

 Vegetation of Isle Royale, Michigan; W. P. Holt. 2. Annotated 

 List of Certain Isle Royale Invertebrates ; Dr. Charles C. Adams. 

 3. Annotated List of the Mollusca of Isle Royale, Michigan ; 

 Bryant Walker. 4. Report on the Isle Royale Orthoptera of the 

 1905 Expedition to Isle Royale ; A. P. Morse. 5, Neuropteroid 

 Insects from Isle Royale, Michigan; Dr. James G. Needharm 

 6. Diptera of the 1905 University Museum Expedition to Isle 

 Royale ; Professor James S. Hine. 7. Annotated List of Isle 

 Royale Hymenoptera ; E. S. Titus. 8. The Ants of Isle Royale, 

 Michigan ; Dr. Wm. M. Wheeler. 9. The Cold-Blooded Verte- 

 brates of Isle Royale ; Dr. A. G. Ruthven. 10. Annotated List 

 of the Birds of Isle Royale; M. M. Peet. 11. Notes on Isle 

 Royale Mammals and their Ecological Relations ; Dr. Charles C. 

 Adams. h. e. g. 



7. The University Geological Survey of Ifansas, Erasmus 

 Hawoeth, State Geologist. Vol. ix, Special Report on Oil and 

 Gas. Pp. xiv, 586, with a geological map, 1 chart, 107 plates, 

 and 8 figures. Topeka, 1908. Sent when applied for upon the 

 receipt of 30 cents postage. — This large volume is devoted to a 

 special report on the petroleum and natural gas of Kansas, and 

 has been prepared by the state geologist and his assistants. The 

 great economic development of these industries in the mid-con- 

 tinental field of Kansas and Oklahoma within the first few years 

 (see also xxviii, 560) gives a peculiar interest to this volume. It 



