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The Ohio Naturalist. 
[Vol. VII, No. 8, 
Village Site,” ‘‘Explorations of the Baum Prehistoric Village 
Site,” and ‘‘Explorations of the Edwin Harness Mound.” 
These reports are handsomely illustrated and show not only the 
artifacts discovered but also the progress of the work of excava¬ 
tion and the various burials and finds in situ. 
The society is to be congratulated on the quality of the work 
being accomplished by its able curator. These monographs 
show what the character of future explorations and excavations 
in our state must be if we are to reap the full benefit of the rich 
archaeological material within our boundaries. The old, hap¬ 
hazard method of digging a trench or hole into a mound was of 
little value and usually gave wrong or imperfect impressions of 
the actual nature of the works investigated. It w T ould be an 
unfortunate circumstance if lack of funds were to hinder the 
further progress of the work and it is to be hoped that the society 
will obtain the proper financial assistance to enable Prof. Mills 
to carry on these investigations on a much larger scale in the 
future than has been possible in the past. 
J. H. S. 
MEETING OF THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB. 
Orton Hall, April 7, 1907. 
The April meeting of the Biological Club was called to order 
by the president in Orton Hall. 
The paper of the evening was read by Professor Kellerman 
on his trip to Guatemala. He showed a map of the country, 
also stating that it is about one and one-half times as large as 
the state of Ohio. 
Many of the volcanoes of the country were visited. These 
are from eight thousand to thirteen thousand feet high and built 
up of cinders and ash. The vegetation is dense near the base 
with a bald cone at the top. 
The flora near the top of the different volcanoes is quite sim¬ 
ilar; but that inside the craters differs somewhat. 
Mr. Hambleton gave some observations he had made on the 
yellow-bellied sap-sucker making holes into a maple tree and 
drinking the sap. 
J. N. Frank, Secretary. 
Date of Publication, June I, 1907. 
