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water sponges and hydroids, his published contributions to Illinois orni- 
thology are few, but important. In 1911 he published the first study of 
the breeding of the double-crested cormorant made in Illinois, after he had 
studied for two years the breeding colony at Havana, establishing the first 
authentic breeding record for the state. In 1917 he published his paper 
on a correlation between the migratory flights of birds and certain meteor- 
ological conditions, in which he shows that, as a result of data compiled 
during the preceding fourteen years, both “first arrivals’ and the “bulk” 
of arrivals in the spring are accompanied by approaching areas of low 
pressure with south winds. This important contribution was later enlarged 
and presented in somewhat different form (1921) for the more accessible 
and ready consumption in the schools of the state. “—o him, also, falls the 
honor of first recording the arrival of the European starling in Illinois, 
which event he announced in 1922. As this paper goes to press, the writer 
understands that Professor Smith is compiling the results of his more than 
twenty years of study of the phenomena of migration at Urbana, Illinois, 
a paper which bird students of the state will welcome heartily. 
In the spring of 1925 Professor Smith retired as Emeritus Professor of 
Zoology, following a year of ill health. Now quite recovered, he and Mrs. 
Smith are residing at Hillsdale, Michigan, with, I can assure him, the 
best wishes and profound respect and affection of his many former col- 
leagues and students. 
Ornithological Publications by Frank Smith 
1. A Migration Flight of Purple Martins in Michigan in the Summer 
of 1905. Wilson Bull. No. 62, 1906. 
2. Advantages of Migration Records in Connection with Bird Study in 
Schools. School Sci. & Math.; March, 1907. 
3. A Plan for a Co-operative Study of Bird Migration. School Sci. & 
Math. 
4+. Double - Crested Cormorants Breeding in Central Illinois. Auk. 
DOV ETT To, a1 9 ile 
5. The Correlation Between the Migratory Flights of Birds and Certain 
Accompanying Meteorological Conditions. Wils. Bull: 98:32; 1917. 
6. Illinois Birds as Travelers. Illinois Arbor and Bird Days, Cire. 50; 
192 1 
7. The European Starling in Illinois. Trans. Ill. Acad. SCliy eas Loe 
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8. Interesting Results from Bird Banding Activities. Trans. Ill. Acad. 
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