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The cut of the Redstart, by America's foremost bird-artist, Louis 

 Agassiz Fuertes, pictured as a frontispiece to this issue, was loaned us 

 through the courtesy of Dana, Estes & Co., i^oston, tne pubhshers of Dr. 

 Coues' classic "Key to North American Birds." 



The Rev. Wm. R. Lord's lecture on birds, presented at the Detroit 

 Museum of Art on June '^^a, unaer tne auspices of tne State Audubon 

 Society, proved of much interest to the large audience that greeted him. 

 Other lectures have been arranged for tne coming autumn and much good 

 work will probably be accomplished during the present year. 



Earl MuUiken, formerly connected witn this journal, has moved to 

 California. At the recent annual meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Club 

 he was elected junior vice-president. 



The Atik for April announces the death of Gurdon Trumbull, a fellow 

 of the American Ornithologists' Union, at his home in Hartford, Conn., in 

 his sixty-third year. 



The case of Wm. J. Long had begun to hll many pages of Science when 

 the editor gently pulled down the curtain. The woodcock surgery question 

 especially was becoming extremely interesting, and lovers of sensational 

 news will probably be disappointed at the action of Science's editor. 



MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The tenth annual meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science was held 

 at Ann Arbor on March 31, April 1 and 2. The following officers were elected: 

 President — Dr. A. C. Lane, Lansing. 

 Vice-Presidents : 



Section of Agriculture — Prof. W. J. Beal, Agricultural College. 



Section of Botany — Prof. J. B. Dandeno, Agricultural College. 



Section of Geography and Geology — Prof. M. S. W. Jefferson, Ypsilanti. 



Section of Sanitary Science — Dr. T. B. Cooley, Ann Arbor. 



Section of Science Teaching — Prof. W. H. Sherzer. Ypsilanti. 



Section of Zoology — Dr. Raymond Pearl, Ann Arbor. 

 Librarian — Dr. G. P. Burns, Ann Arbor. 

 Secretary-Treasurer — Dr. Charles E. Marshall, Agricultural College. 



Many interesting papers were presented at the zoological section. Prof. 

 H. L. Clark urged upon the Academy in general, and the zoological section 

 in particular, the desirability of at once beginning a systematic biological sur- 

 vey of the state. A very thorough discussion of the subject followed the 

 reading of this paper. From the discussion it appeared that all present were 

 agreed as to the desirability of such a survey but there was a difference of 

 opinion as to the practical possibility of carrying it on in a profitable way 

 under existing conditions. A committee of the section, consisting of Mr. 

 Bryant Walker, Prof. H. L. Clark, Prof. W. B. Barrows, and Mr. C. C. 

 Adams was appointed to consider the matter and report at the next meeting. 



