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The uncompleted work to be published by the Survey is as follows: A 
report on botanical studies in southwestern ’Michigan in 11)10, by < H. 
Kauffman and L. H. Pennington; a monograph of the Agarics of Mich- 
igan, by C. H. Kauffman; a synopsis of the classification of the fresh 
water mollusca, by Bryant Walker; a report upon the beetle fauna of 
Wayne County, by A. W. Andrews; a report on the biological survey in 
Dickinson County in 1901); a report upon the flora of the east coast of 
Michigan, by C. K. Dodge; a catalog of Michigan mammals, by X. A. 
Wood; a synopsis of the larvae of Michigan amphibians, by Helen Thomp- 
son; reports upon the Mallophaga of the various surveys, by Charles A. 
Shull and E. P. Durrant; a synopsis of the Michigan fish, by Crystal 
Thompson; the lepidoptera of the Charity Islands, by W. W. Xewcomb ; 
and the ants of the Charity Islands, by Frederick Gaige. 
The papers on the fauna and flora of the Charity Islands will be 
published in one report, which should be ready for the press next year. 
The biological publications of the survey during Ihe year are as fol- 
lows : 
The Herpetology of Michigan, by Alexander G. Ruthven, Crystal 
Thompson and Helen Thompson. Pub. 10, Biol. Ser. 8, Mich. Geol. and 
Biol. .Surv., pp. 1-166, 20 plates and 55 maps. 
Memoranda toward a Bibliography of the Archaeology of Michigan, 
by Harlan I. Smith. Pub. 10, Biol. Ser., 3, Mich. Geol. and Biol. Surv., 
pp. 167-180. 
The White-tailed Deer of Michigan, by Alexander G. Ruthven and X. 
A. Wood. Science, X. S., XXXV, pp. 863-864. 
The Breeding Birds of the Charity Islands, with Additional Xotes 
on tin* Migrants, by Norman A. Wood. 14th. Ann. Kept. Mich. Acad. 
Science, 178-188. 
Results of the Mershon Expedition to the Charity Islands, Lake 
Huron : 
The Reptiles and Amphibians of Charity Island, by Crystal Thompson 
and Helen Thompson. Ibid.. 156-158. 
Checklist of Michigan Butterflies, Rhopalocera, bv IV. IV. Xewcomb. 
Ibid., 226-230. 
Notes on the Mammals of Osceola County, Michigan, bv O. J. Wenzel, 
Ibid., 198-205. 
The Flora of the Douglas Lake Region, Cheboygan County, Michigan, 
by F. C. Gates, Ibid., 46-103. 
The field work planned for the summer of 1913 is as follows: C. Iv. 
Dodge will continue his study of the flora of the east coast of the state 
north of Saginaw Bay, IT. Hus and C. IT. Otis will study the oaks of 
the southern part of the lower peninsula, Thomas Hankinson will in- 
vestigate the fish fauna of the Whitefish Point region, A. W. Andrews 
will study the beetles of Whitefish Point, and Crystal Thompson and 
Helen Thompson will work on the herpetology of Monroe County. 
The study of the fish and beetles of Whitefish Point will be carried on 
by the Museum. Mr. Shiras has again volunteered to supporf the work, 
and the results will contribute to the exhaustive survey of the area that 
we intend to make. 
In past reports 1 have dwelt at some length on the advantages of 
cooperation between the survey and the private workers, schools, col- 
leges. and museums in the state. Permit me to point out that there 
