. The Canadian field-naturalist. May, 1935] The Canadian Field-Naturalist TABLE 2. 85 Total Number of posts reporting Year Increase No Change Decrease Total Epidemic Total Epidemic Total Epidemic 1932-33 119 109 92% 18 15% 4 3% 0 0 6 . 5% 1 1% 1933-34 121 84 69% 13 11% 8 7% 0 0 29 24% 9 7% The epidemic percentages are relative to the total number of posts. The percentages of all posts reporting epide- mics were 16% and 18% in the two years. The relative drop in posts reporting increase in the two years waas 25%, which was probably caused by the 16% of epidemics, together with some probably unn
. The Canadian field-naturalist. May, 1935] The Canadian Field-Naturalist TABLE 2. 85 Total Number of posts reporting Year Increase No Change Decrease Total Epidemic Total Epidemic Total Epidemic 1932-33 119 109 92% 18 15% 4 3% 0 0 6 . 5% 1 1% 1933-34 121 84 69% 13 11% 8 7% 0 0 29 24% 9 7% The epidemic percentages are relative to the total number of posts. The percentages of all posts reporting epide- mics were 16% and 18% in the two years. The relative drop in posts reporting increase in the two years waas 25%, which was probably caused by the 16% of epidemics, together with some probably unnoticed outbreaks indicated by the "decrease, no epidemic" reports. For detailed study the original maips and questionnaires should be consulted. Copies of these are being deposited in the National Parks Branch at Ottawa, and in the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford. Corrections to Snowshoe Rabbit Enquiry 1932-33. pp. 74-75. The area covered by National Park Branch observers mapped on a grid is given as 640,000 square miles and later as 512,000 square miles (the latter excluding Prince Edward Island). The second iigure is an error, and the actual areas of observers mapped by planimeter were therefore about 43% of the grid area, not 54% as slated. p. 75. Right-hand column. In both places "National Parks" refers to the results of the National Parks Branch enquiry for all Canada, (omitting Prince Edward Island). p. 78. Right-hand column. "Decline in fine ; This refers to the area in which fur- bearers occur, not to the curve for all Can- ada's fur production. The progressive de- cline in area of increase will only affect the total returns after one or two years. pp. 77-78. In tables 1 and 2 "Quebec" includes the Newfoundland N THE DEATH, on April 3, 1934, of Charles Wendell Townsend, , of Ipswich, Massachusetts, The Canadian Field-Naturalist suffered the loss of a staunch supporter, one who, in common with many other na
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