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Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club 



The "Fourth Report of the Michigan Academy of Science" was dis- 

 tributed early in July. It is a volume of over two hundred pages and con- 

 tains an account of the annual meeting held at Ann Arbor. March 27, 28 

 and 29. 1902. Besides the official minutes, constitution and by-laws, and a 

 list of members, the report contains many valuable scientific contributions 

 along various lines of research. Dr. Victor C. Vaughan contributes a mas- 

 terly addre.^s upon "The Value of Scientific Research to the State." Prof. 

 Hubert Lyman Clark gives some "Notes on the Reptiles and Batrachian^ of 

 Eaton County," listing .10 species. Leon J. Cole and H. C. Tosker present a 

 most careful study of the "Habits of the Muskrat in Captivity." There are 

 other interesting biological papers. The Report was edited by Dr. James B. 

 Pollock of Ann Arbor.— A. W. B., Jr. 



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MAP OF MICHIGAN. 



[As many of the notes published in the Biilletiii refer to counties, the 

 present map will prove a means of reference.] 



