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Agaracaceae, and llryant Walker’s “Synopsis of f lie Classification of 
the Fresh Water Moilusca.” 
Other papers in progress are, an annotated list of llie beetles of 
Wayne County by A. W. Andrews, the reports on the investigations 
in Dickinson County in 1909, a report upon the flora of the east 
coast of Michigan by C. Iv. Dodge, a catalog of the mammals of the 
state by N. A. Wood, a synopsis of the larvae of Michigan amphibians 
by Helen Thompson, reports upon the Mallophaga of the various sur- 
veys, by Charles A. Shull and E, P. Durrant, a synopsis of Michigan fish 
by Crystal Thompson, and a checklist of Michigan moths by IV. W. 
Newcomb. 
The publications since the last report to the Academy are as follows: 
A Biological Survey of the Sand Dune Region on the South Shore 
of Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, 
Pub. 4, Biol. Ser. 2, 347 pages, 19 plates, 1 map. 
The Results of the Mershon Expedition to the Charity Islands, Lake 
Huron : 
Birds, by N. A. Wood, Wilson Bulletin, June, 1911, pp. 78-112, 1 map. 
riants, by C. Iv. Dodge, 13th. Ann. Rept. Mich. Acad. Sci., 1911, pp. 
173-190. 
Mammals, by N. A. Wood, ibid., pp. 131-134. 
Preliminary Report on the Coleoptera, by A. W. Andrews, ibid., pp. 
168-170. ’ 
Notes o'n Michigan Crustacea, I, by A. S. Pearse, 13th. Ann. Rept. 
Mich. Acad. Sci., 1911, p. 130. 
Notes on Michigan Reptiles and Amphibians, III, by Alexander G. 
Ruthven, 13th Ann. Rept., Mich. Acad. Sci., 1911, pp. i.14-115, 1 plate. 
The board of advisors have approved the following plans for field 
work next summer: Mr. C. Iv. Dodge will continue his studies on the 
flora of the east coast by investigating the region north of Saginaw Bay, 
and a preliminary investigation of the fauna of Chippewa County will 
be made under the direction of the Chief Naturalist. The work 
in Chippewa County will be done in conjunction with the University of 
Michigan Museum, as Hon. George Shiras, Washington, D. C., has given 
to the museum the funds necessary to send a man into the region for 
a part of the summer. 
Tt will not be out of place here to refer to the advantages to the 
survey that result from its present connection with the University of 
Michigan Museum and the Michigan Agricultural College. The survey 
has made the museum the repository of its zoological collections, thus 
freeing itself from the expense and work attached to the preservation of 
the material. At the same time the Chief Naturalist, as Head 
Curator of the Museum, feels that he is increasing the efficiency of the 
museum work by making it supplement the investigations of the survey. 
This assists the survey by increasing the work accomplished, and by 
placing at its disposal the miscellaneous material obtained by the 
museum. At the January meeting of the Board of Advisors the Mich- 
igan Agricultural College was made the repository of the botanical col- 
lections of the survey, and this ought to bring about co-operation be- 
tween these institutions that will be equally advantageous to each one. 
In view of the limited facilities for natural history work in the state 
