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BY taste a 4) : SE A SBE Fu t Sr eh Tis tae, X ok hin by ne ‘ Tah 3 ee et + “ape / at) P 4 oP ey : } ay H mS He 72 Pee ‘ ; ; ; ay 5 ray eat : , teats FAP eld Me 66 Lie 4 i yO me Liye of iP eer tee ote Pea BE pala nud Lege aes Hake ee ' : sa d wan ' y * 4 be Di ny ie Lie Jone et ty oie ASI a ube r i Frteaeat Tb Met BOF tAeiah oe i} Diters ts aie hse i" us a) tg % ae; , H } ‘ hss t ’ yhoo $ Pa J ye A heats wy ; AP Ph “his £9 bea ea ‘ , | ' hii4 o : Boos For Oe yobs ee iT ign 4 , : Pr yn J ' a8 P Pa Ars Ye et: i 4 “ch he reeats Pyat i aly yah o Wy bog 4 sak} , SPE Te hee ae ah} Any’ a wey y ; es ; ts .S wh by = ‘ ee _ ~~) y — NAIR N17 1, 4 Oe et C ) | i iy 7 ee 04 : ~~ =a MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY No. 10 May 1968 From the Director It is with pleasure that we an- anounce the establishment within the Museum of Comparative Zoology of the Henry Bigelow Professor- ship of Ichthyology, the field of ichthyology to be interpreted in a broad sense. This profes- sorship Is intended to stand as a monument to the scientific achievements of the late Dr. Bigelow and to his life-long dedication to Harvard University and the Museum. The foundation for this profes- sorship was laid In 1962 when an endowment fund was established by Dr. Bigelow and a number of his friends. Now Mrs. Bigelow and others have generously added to the endowment, raising it to the level required by Harvard for the establishment of a chair. This seems particularly appro- priate in the MCZ considering that fishes were Louis Agassiz's specialty and their study has been a major concern of the MCZ ever since its founding. Re- sponsibility for our large Fish Department and for the numerous graduate students attracted to ichthyology creates a burden that is too much for a single curator. Availability of the Bigelow chair will raise fchthy- ology at the MCZ to a new level of activity and excellence. NEWSLETTER MUS. COMP. ZOOL. LIBRARY SEP 12 1968 ARVARD ERSITY Our crowded facilities (in the Fish Department as elsewhere) make an appointment at this time Impossible. There will be two floors for ichthyology in the new wing wing and as soon as it Is completed we will have appropriate facilities for a Bigelow Professor. In the meantime we are hoping to bring here one of this country's most distinguished senior ichthyologists on a "one semester each academic year" basis for a period of five years. The creation of the Bigelow chair demonstrates once again the value of departmental endowment funds. 1 am happy to be able to report the steady growth of such funds in ornithology, malacology, arach- nology and entomology. These en- dowments are one of the most positive ways to ensure contin- ulng support for the Museum, par~ ticularily In times of rising costs and financial hardships. Our organization of Friends of the MCZ, although still In its infancy is alive and growing. In January, the Director gave a talk on "How Man Evolved," followed by dis- cussion from the floor, and a lively social hour. This month there will be a "Bring Your Own Picnic and Tour" of the Concord Fleld Station. --Ernst Mayr 5 a ee “SV UTA ‘7 Td | ‘ . e ~~ 3° Le. Ya Ss rie Sis mh % yore } 4 be ~ # . f/f ‘ 4 MT nor, *“s j )” ‘ h 4 ; } t f ‘ : an 4 } : A wr # ad 7 Pad ¥ [+4 ad .S 100 , €n ch ‘ t rer? of ‘ Le ae ‘ . J as i of, ; 7-1 YRore r i ‘ Ti os | . gu T amy ine é ’ Si \QS TNS Age torr { Naot ai 77 i. iy a : Koc | al * } rd a . bofwae s a eee = 7 ae a 5 ; wo oy ae $ OTs ‘Ww 4 ~ € : ‘ . 5 ~~ a Sty : Mwlene ) H cs wii y + af): t “ . % 3 a: 7* os Sat. @ . + a M4 B “ rs i BaXO 1 ~ i < MOTT aAtt. * tw , i? . ' i ov “qag" ‘ ‘ ‘ y \ . 1a ai . ai ht ne Aid at ey Ai a ¥6 Bia oni . vow haienerel a Oo 6G eran W “a ast, oF sitgera ott he shetty. Saal. 9 mseoqay te hi neniyiat ae “ogque any eo anioes it (iu Le : é \ ST aeegr zion ~ WITT IS OWI, Oe, Sawory ww a0 mais ingas oe elem — cham sd legoget —oRaO TOT yenwtos* 9 bhot lene ‘ ¢ - ? at iliw of reat with Sere 6 ii ' 26 LustA ap. gini aso an on ih MA -a thie o>" @. 16 : vthe Lissette Siw yp ge lurg rasa aici badd (date, ch gpg! ce | sc) age RA A voieite off try “ | ee em ey ftinves ae pilelar . "8 yhelor one) veri Ys. bend, ;. atvenniat Tar @ tei Yoaey “ a 1 “IG ‘vsigaly 2 gbu re 4 ¥ nd ee) ‘ 4 ATT Nae =~ 2 f . ey i Pal F ; te lj Dr. Henry Bigelow On December I!, 1967, Dr. Henry Bryant Bigelow, Alexander Agassiz Professor, Emeritus, dled after a brief Illness. Or. Bigelow's life-long association with this Museum has given him a permanent place among its honored, and with his passing comes an end of an era for "The Agassiz Museum." Dr. Bigelow always felt that he had been profoundly influenced by Alexander Agassiz, and through Or. Bigelow, perhaps all of us here at the MCZ felt a little more kinship with the Agassiz family. Dr. Bigelow was born on October 3, 1879, in Boston. He attended Harvard University, graduating in June, 1901, cum laude. In his autobiography, Memories of Cee as lished in 1964, he sald that his undergraduate days were relative- ly unspectacular until his senior year. Then, as he described It: "During my undergraduate days, Mr. Alexander Agassiz occupied the director's room whenever he was in Cambridge. Most of us had heard, in one way or another, of his extensive explorations in the Pacific Ocean, but he did not give any courses of instruc- tion, so none of us came In per- sonal contact with him. "During the winter, however, of my senior year (1901), we heard that he planned a trip to the Maldive Islands, and while | hadn't the least idea where the Maldives were, | decided I'd like to go along too! Finally | got up my courage and 'bearded the lion,’ so to speak. Instead, however, of finding a 'lion,' | found an exceedingly friendly old gentleman. So, | told him my name, sald I'd heard he was going to the Maldives, and asked him If he would take me with him. His answer which was ‘yes,' not only initiated my close assoctation with Mr. Agassiz which continued until his death in 1910, but which greatly influenced my subsequent scientific career." In 1906, Dr. Bigelow received his Ph.D. from Harvard. He then became a member of the curatorial staff of the MCZ, the teaching faculty‘ in‘ 1921, Professor of Zoology in 1931, and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in 1944. Dr. Bigelow was also interested in oceanographic studies in the Gulf of Maine, and because of this inter- est the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was founded in 1931, and Dr. Bigelow was appointed its first director. Dr. Bigelow retired officially in 1948, but this was only a techni- calfty, for the Museum continued to enjoy his presence up until almost the day of his death. He received innumerable honors, In- cluding four honorary doctorates and many medals, but perhaps the two which pleased him most came from the Oceanographic Institution. In 1948, a chair of Oceanography was founded In his name, and in 1960, a Bigelow Medal for emin- ence in oceanography--a comp! iment he appreciated especially, he sald, because this was the first time in as far as he knew when a medal had been founded before the nominee had died. 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Levi left In mid- Mar@h to spend five weeks in Europe working at the Banyu! Biotogy Labo- ratory, France, visited the Genoa (Italy) Museum, and attended the fourth Congress of European Arach- nologists in Paris, where he gave a@ paper on the mating physiology and taxonomy of Araneidae. The congress Is under the auspices of the Centre International Documentation Arach- nologique (CIDA), of which he is vice-president. Dr. E. O. Wilson, Associate in Ento- mology, is on leave from the Bio- logical Laboratories and Is living in the Florida keys with his family. He has finished sampling the last of the defaunated keys (they have all been reinvaded), and is now working on his book on social insects. Stewart Peck (Entomology), during late March, went down to the Keys to assist Dr. Wilson with his prject on experimental biogeography. Stew came back to Cambridge with a tan which "would show up the Miami beach set," but he says he acquired it while "sitting on top of mangroves al! day." In any case, he returned just In time to pack for Jamaica, where he spent the spring recess. Merril! Foster (Invert. Paleontology) spent two months in Antarctica, where he collected recent brachiopods. Collections on the Ross Sea were particularly fruitful this year -- the GNP being almost five times that of his 1967 trip. He also visited Australia and New Zealand. Through an arrangement between the Smithsonian Institutions and E. H. Link of Ocean Systems, Dr. and Mrs. Giles Mead had an opportunity, in late February, to accompany Link's Sea Diver to three localities in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas. There they descended In Link's deep submersible Deep Diver to a depth of over 700 feet. The object of the trip was to evaluate the Deep Diver as a biological research facility, and the Meads "returned enthusiastic about the possibilities." Dr. and Mrs. Phillp J. Darlington, Jr., returned In early April froma four week trip In England and France. Dr. Dartington (Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology) went mainly to look at types at the Paris Museum and the British Museum, a purely taxonomic business obviously, but being broadminded, the Darlingtons stayed in a hotel In Paris called the Claude Bernard, which they found pleasant and not expensive. During the last week of their trip, the Darlingtons visited southern England (Salisbury) found the "nicest Inn" to use for home base, and hiked out from it each day, including several trips around Stonehenge. Dr. Darling- ton describes the country as one- third chalk, one-third nettles, and one-third trout, which they could not catch. And in spite of snow, ice and cold, they had an enjoyable week. Dr. William J. Clench, Honorary Associate in Malacology, spent several weeks in Florida (for lectur- ing and collecting snails) In March, but had to come back home to warm up. Dr. Ruth Turner, Research Associate in Malacology, has been in Puerto Rico working on the developmenta! biology of the Teredos. "Experi- mental studies on the bacterial contents of the alimentary canal of the ship worms are aimed at dis- covering the source of the enzymes responsible for the digestion of cellulose." Or. 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He has traveled for thousands of miles, on paved and unpaved roads, up, down and around the Andes, during wet and dry seasons, and by plane (thanks to the Venezue- lan Air Force) and boat to the Upper Orinoco region. "Invaluable observa- tions have been made of frog behavior and natural history during the course of these trips, but perhaps the great- est single benefit ... has been the opportunity to see and get acquianted with the topographical and ecological factors that affect frog distribution in Venezuela." Preston Webster, an undergraduate, is working, under the guidance of Dr. E. E. Williams, on a research project on lizards. He has just returned from a collecting trip in Puerto Rico, where his major problem was the post office. It seems the most successful way to ship lizards is to seal each one in a small plastic bag, and put the little bags all together gently ina well-constructed box for mailing. But, the P. 0. insists that a box containing live material must have breavining holes. Dr. John Lewrence (Assistant Curator of Insects) spent February on Barro Colorado Island in Panama on a one- man expedition to collect the "savage" clid beetles. In spite of his handi- cap ("a walking blood meal for a few thousand chiggers and ticks"), he managed to collect over 50 snscles of Ciidae on the island aiore and to gather much information on host speci- ficity in these and other fungus feed- ing insects. He returned "just as pale as a winter Bostonian (Are there any? Ed.), since not much sun gts through that forest canopy." On Feb. 24th, Dr. A. M. Chickering, Associate in Arachnology, left for a two month spider collecting trip through Florida. Visits with kin- dred spirits, such as Jon Reiskind In GalnesviI lle, made his trip just so much more enjoyble! Dr. Charles C. Porter, Research Fellow in Biology, writes from Argentina of his wasp collecting trip in Bolflvia: "It fs much cleaner, more European, and more generally progressive-appearing country than Peru." Robert M. McDowall, graduate student in Ichthyology, recently returned from a six week trip through south- ern Chile and Argentina. He was attempting to round off his experi- ence with New Zealand Galaxiid fishes by examining their New World counterparts. Dr. Ernst Mayr spent a week this spring bird watching in St. Croix, Virgin Islands. He found the bird life remarkably impoverished, but was appalled at the frequency of the mongoose. One wild-life specialist on the island estimates that there are three mongooses per acre, an almost unbelievable figure. "One wonders how much richer the native animal life would be if this alien pest had not been Introduced." George Hunt, a graduate student in ornithology, will again go to Maine this summer to study the comparative feeding biology of various species of gulls and their ability to take advantage of man-made changes in their environ- ment. .poineioidd .M WA «10 yATRS 104 nO sot trel ,yeotondosrA ni etslooseA gint pritoetloo rebige dtaom owt 5 “nid atiw etiet¥ .ephinely devowt batd2isA nol es dow® .etintee betb revi, qitt 2id sbem .elllveenis2 ai taidyolne stom doum o2 ‘Aniseeeh .ret108 .0 gelyedd .10 mort eetinw ,.ypoloté ni wel tea onitoolion qeaw etd to snl ineptA foum el TI" setvilos ni gixnt erom bne .nseaows e10m .7enselo pn insesqas-eaviese tpo1g yl levenep ",uIe9 nedt yrthuoo taebute otsube tp .!}!ewoGoM .M tredoR bemiuter yltneses .vpoloydtdol al -ttuoce dquoidt git Asow xfl2e s mort 26w oH .snitasp iA tae of idd ne ~isegxe 2id to bauer of pnitqmsetts blixelsd baslissk wet Afdiw sone wo rlert aninimsxe yd gedett -2treqretnuos binowW 2ifnt Heew 6 tneqe yeM ten? .1G .xio1w .t2 al pnidotew brid pninge brid ent baveot cH .abnelel nioat¥ tud .bedelsevogqmi yidsiremes ett! to yonevpe ? edt ts belleqqs esw atti-biiw enO .s2copnom eit zetamitee boslei art ao tel tsioege 2ezoopnom cet ers event tert eldsveileday teomis as .@706 790 floum wor evebnow en” .ewplt stil lemins eviten eft teroin bed teeq nella aint Th ed biuow " beoubo tal need ton tnebut2 steubstp 6 . tau ep 1ad oft op nisps titw ,.ypotodtime al edt ybute ot vemmue efit eniem yo ypoloid paibse? evi tersqmos yledt bans ellup to esiceqe evol tev to epstasybs otat of ytiitde -naiivne atedt at eeonedo ebem-nsm . trem .caltto teog ot aew meidorg "Okt ot ysw lutzaeooue teem ni eno dose ieee of eb -ebyes ont tug bre , esd oF peor s ni yitesp rentepet Ite epsds .tu8 .pnll ism 70? sod oninietacs xed 6 tedt -29lonf pnidteerd evad tT -loned ei to ofiqe ah .t wer 6 764 beam boold pall ad .{"elolt bas e76pp asioes® 0% revo toobl > bepen ot bas sndls baelet eft ag esbiid: -losqe teor no nottemotal doum vert Madar aumey yee pl geet ar ae, aye Research Notes From Dr. A. S. Romer, comes the fol lowing: "Since Christmas | have been working on a detailed skull anatomy of a curious |Iittle amphibian from the Texas Permian, Pantylus, both from whole specimens and serial sections. This is nearly completed. Meantime, my ex-student, Bob Carroll, at McGill, is working up the post-cranial skeleton of this animal, which In the past has been quite perplexing. | have started on the task of study- ing the cranial anatomy of the Permian shark "Pleuracanthus," and hope to finish this summer. This Is being mostly done from a number of sets of serial sections, and when completed will be the first detailed account of the skull fn any fossi! shark." "Work on the Chanares fossils from South America is coming along well, and we are nearly to the point where we will be able to make a survey of what is what in the entire material. A paper by Barry Cox, describing the three dicynodonts in the collection, is now In proof. | expect to start definite description of further forms by summer. Sometime this spring or early summer we will probably have a visit from José Bonaparte of Tucuman.* This fis a very able and likeable young Argentinian paleon- tologist who, encouraged by our good results, has gone on to explore other Triassic regions in South America and has made some very interesting finds. He has a Guggenheim Fellowship and currently is spending a couple of months In England." *He has just arrived! Following acquisition of a jury mast and towing blocks for the Salvatore, © the oceanography-minded students under Dr. H. B. Fell “are now accumulating funds for extra rope and a power-block, in order to attempt sampling of the off-shore submarine valleys, hitherto out of reach of our limited equipment." Dr. Giles W. Mead, Curator of Fishes, has been working jointly with Jim Craddock of the Woods Hole Oceano- graphic Institution, completing a study of the mesopelagic fish collec- tions assembled last year during the cruise of the R. V. Anton Bruun. Dr. Mead also reports that Bob Topp is doing his dissertation work on tropic specialization In pomacentrid fishes In Panama under the direction of Ira Rubinoff and Martin Moynthan. Also, Jack Musick fs completing his dissertation on Urophycis (of codfish family) while serving as a blologist of the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences. Professor Allen Keast, of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, who received his degree here about a dozen years ago, has returned to the MCZ to spend part of his sabbatical year. He Is working on several papers dealing with habitat (or niche) utilization In birds and other vertebrates and its effect on their morphology (e.g. bill structure). New Degrees Since publication of the last News- letter, three students have received thelr doctorates. Susan Trussell (Mrs. W. John Smith) presented a thesis in ornithology entitled ° "Communication and Other Social Behavior in Parus Carolinensis." The other two students were In i¢hthyology: Robert McDowall! with a thesis entitled, "Galaxiid Fishes of New Zealand"; and Naercio Menezes, with a thesis entitled, "Systematics and Evolution of the Tribe Aces- trorhynchini (Pisces, Characidae)." ot seb70 nl .joold=tewoqg 6 bas erore-tto sit to gniiqnse toamette tuo otrentid ,2eyettev eninemdve _" ¢nemqiuge betinl! seo fo dose to .2e219 to xotew) .b6eM .W eslfd .16 mit. dtiw yitolo], patitow ased aerl -onsss0 gloH abooW eit to AoobdbetO & pniteiqmos. .noitutiten!t sitiqerp -o38! loo d2tt olpseleqozem eft to ybouTe oninub ysey tes! betdmeaes enott -quuré notnA .Vv .f oft to salut ent qqoTt do@ tent etrogen oets bseM .70 no #Iow noltsiyee2ib zi pried ei bittnessmoq ni noltes! haloege ol qott noitoerib eft sebnu emensd no! .2efet? -asdinyoM nitseM bas ttoniduh 61! to ain pn i telqmas 2} AoteuM vost ,o2lA fettboo to} eloy eee no nol tetrieee ib telpolotd 6 es pniviee elindw (yl imst enixaM to etutiten! slaiovi¥ er to -2eonet oe 2'neeyG to .tage% nellA woeeetors otf .oirstnd .nofepnin .ytierevinw 6 tuode ered seiped efi beviesos orit of bermwten ear .Ops e1seey fneTOb isolteddse eid to tyeq brege of SOM lonrevee no onistnow ef eh .WeeY "o) tetiderl ftiw pniieeb ae xeqsq bas ebuid al aoltessititity Censta no toette et! bas este det {ev TedTo tenutourte flid .o.e) ypotodquem lent 2se 1980 wel -ewat teal et to acitestiduq sonl2 bevieoe. even etnebute eeidt , tettel lisezusT asev@ .eets 0toob slert 6 betnezera (atime ariel .W -2m heltltne veoledtinio al eleatt isiso2 ~et?tO bas aol tes! aumacg” ", elaneniiow) eu7s9 ni 70] vedeg al exew etnebute owt tento eT 6 dtiw tigwodoM tmedef +: ypoloyitigl io eed2!9 bitxeisd” .beltitas elesnt .26359neM olsvesi bas ."bnelsel welt 2oitametey2" ,beltitas 2teent s atiw -2@s0A edinT ett to noltulov3 bane "lesblos etd ,2ece!9) Inidonydort stat 63 2 yedmus 6 ant, pore ont pnidinseeb: .e0= . noltoet too efteate triste of Toegxe ee amo? rethwt to aottql ro pniage 2iat eat eved A speonne De oo yo etragsne8 ons olds yiev 6 2 ‘elaT a -noelsq noinitnep i’ enveg oF boap wo yd DepeIO one’ serito exolgxe ef) ho: solremA Atuc@ont. enitesetni yrev emoe qinewol tet miorinegque's Additions and Subtractions Since February |, 1968, Mrs. Ruth Hill, our cataloguer, has been MCZ Librarian, and she can be found fn her cheerful new office, 204B (i.e., when she isn't back In the stacks somewhere!). Two physical changes In the /ibrary are the new call slips, as all have no doubt noticed, and the eight volume G. K. Hall Catalogue, which is a photographic reproduction of the card catalogue In book form ($595). The latter will greatly Increase the value of the IIbrary to scholars everywhere, who will now know just what books and periodicals are available in our |Ibrary. Dr. Heinrich Ristedt, who was here for fifteen months as a post-doctoral fellow in Invertebrate Paleontology, has returned (in March) to Bonn, Germany. Miss Mary Jane West, post-doctora| fellow in Entomology, and William Eberhard, graduate student in Arach- nology, were married on November 28, 1967, In Plymouth, Michigan. We wish them many years of happy spider- wasp watching together. And another joining of two major groups is imminent with the announce- ment of the engagement of Miss Gloria Klizicki, who is a graduate student in Vertebrate Paleontology, to James Sprinkle, a graduate student in Invertebrate Paleontology. They plan to be married In the fall, and again our best wishes. On February I1, 1968, Robert Matthews, graduate student in entomology, and his wife, Janice, presented the academic world with another future scientist of note by the name of Michael Stuart, who weighed 7 pounds 7 ounces. Congratulations! Dr. H. B. Fell, Curator of Inverte- brate Zoology, reports that there will be several visitors in his department this spring: Or. John Grindley, Director of the Port Elizabeth Museum, Oceanarium and Snake Park, Dr. E. P. Hodakin from the University of Western Australia, and Dr. Neil Powell from Canada. Dr. Grindley is a specialist on copepod crustaceans, and plans to do research here until mid-summer. Dr. Hodgkin is going to study the MCZ collection of Australian sea- stars, and Dr. Powell will study Bryozoa. [And chances are that Biology 121 (Marine Invertebrates) will be hearing directly from these distinguished men. ] It is with regret that we announce the death, on February 25, 1968, of DOr. Stanley Cobb, Associate in Zoology. Or. Cobb was Ballard Professor of Neuropathology, Emeritus, of Harvard, and an early worker In this country in psycho- somatic medicine, but had a special interest In the central nervous system of birds, and a strong interest in conservation of wildlife. His "Death of a Salt Pond," published in 1962 by the Massachusetts Audubon Scolety, was a short but passion- ate protest to the Indiscriminate use of DDT spraying. Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, long time manager of the MCZ Museum Shop has been on the sick IIst for sometime. She is now on the mend and ‘her many friends and associates wish her a speedy recovery. 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Aoo8 -tldstae bau® Aoo8 JOM ent .etab of sepnkb3 yltiT .10 to yromes at bere eft ot ainsAt .00c? evo of avorp cert epnlb? .1G to eetstooees bee ebagint cota ee, Ai msi} lIW bas yypol Pe ft ha ae Lectures Here and There In contrast to last year, Dr. and Mrs. Romer are staying at home this year -- except for: (1) a trip to Dartmouth to lecture fin February; (2) an excursion during April for "lecturing at Davis, California, and in a series of universities from Minnesota down to Texas." In mid-March, two Alexander Agassiz Lectures, sponsored by the MCZ, were de! ivered by Professor Emil L. Smith from the Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. His overall subject was "Protein Structure and Evolution," with the first lecture specifically entitled "Species Differences; Lessons from Cytochrome C," and the second, "Development of New Structures and Functions." Dr. Smith, educated at Columbia Uni- versity, so long a center for studies of genetics and evolution, demonstrated brilliantly that blochemistry and evolutionary biology can indeed complement one another. Professor M. J. D. White, Professor of Genetics at the University of Melbourne, Australia, has been Alexander Agassiz Visiting Professor of Zoology during this spring semester here at the Museum. In late March he gave a series of formal lectures on cytogenetics in evolu- tion, particularily as shown by his work on Australian grasshoppers. Professor White also gave several less formal lectures and some workshops. Dr. William J. Clench, while in Florida, lectured at the Florida Presbytertan College in St. Peters- burg and the University of South Florida at Tampa. Dr. Frank M. Carpenter, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Curator of FossI! Insects, gave the Griswold Lecture at Cornel! Uni- versity on April 8, 1968. His subject: “Evolution and Geological History of the Insects." Dr. Mary Jane West Eberhard also lectured at Cornell -- on February 29th as one of a series ina seminar on group selection. Her title: "Wynne-Edwards and the Wasp: Explication of a 20th Century Myth." She has also lectured at Yate and M. |. T. on various aspects of her research in social wasp behavior and evolution. Dr. George Gaylord Simpson visited the Museum briefly in mid-April (while Mrs. Simpson was giving some lectures at Wheaton College), and if the Simpsons are true adver- tisements, Arizona is the place to live! Book Review TV has its Emmys, Hollywood its Oscars, but we would like to toss a bouquet to a book we wish we had written. It is Desert Solitaire: rr ee gifted writer, Edward Abbey. The author was a seasonal naturalist In Arches National Monument, and his book Is an elegy, as he says, to "the most beautiful place on earth." In moving passages, he describes the desert and other wilderness areas, pleads for their preservation, and vehemently denounces those who would dam our rivers and pave our parks. "No, wilderness Is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civill- zation which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting Itself off from its origins and betraying the prin- ciple of clvitization itself." --M. A. 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NE high Aine ; 10) 1etaes 6 othe , tent yitnsiliind tremelqmas besbAl 06m: att sites — ' og sozzetord ,etidw of Lina dhe Honors It is with considerable pride that we announce the award of the William J. Walker Prize to Howard E. Evans, for his outstanding research on wasps. His work has contributed much to man's knowledge of this seg- ment of the Insect world. The prize is awarded by the Boston Natural History Socé#éty (Museum of Science) in "recognition of meritorious published scientific investigation and discovery." Our warmest congra- tulations! --Ernst Mayr Frederick Ris, who has been working on computer programming of distri- tution data for marine invertebrates, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, anc hoces to take up graduate work at Ox*ord University next fall. Gecrge Gorman, formerly a graduate yucent in herpetology, Is now at Berkatey, California, where he has rece ved a Miller Fellowship. This is for post-doctoral students, is a very prestigious, high-paying honor, and will enable Dr. Gorman to study (lizards) there for several years. On May 24, 1968, a luncheon held for Miss Nelda Wright, who is retiring after thirty years of service to tiie MCZ, and fifteen of those years as Editor of Publications. will be In November, Dr. A. S. Romer was made a corresponding member of "Die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft." Editorial In the British journal, Nature, Volume 217, March 16, 1968, be- ginning on page 1000 and going over onto the following page, is an article summarizing the latest Annual Report from the MCZ. IT begins as follows: "The Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Agassiz Museum at Harvard University, bristles with famous names among its staff -- Professor Ernst Mayr, the director, Pro- fessor F. Carpenter, Professor . J. Bariington, jun., Pro- fessor B. Patterson, Professor G. Gaylord Simpson, Dr. A. Sherwood Romer, Dr. W. J. Clench-- to name a few." Bristies, indeedt But to show that we are not without honor in our own country, we are going to quote from a letter received here at the Museum from a little girl In California: "! am planning to be a curator. | would Ifke some information concerning this subject. Such as, how much | will earn, and what | would have to do wiile working. | would like to 'row what to feed them, and to care for them. 1 want to know were | would send for them, and where to get workers to do these things. "|! would appreciate al! the help | can get. Thank you." So would we! --Mary Alice Evans ishvotib3 STEM « tanrwol Aerri4a eAt at “ag “Ba | .o) dave CES emutoV isveb len eo Hf thie ry hit, A Nantes 4s bi4 a rat] peony ye pniop bas 0001 speq Ho palanip heise ‘ b Gee See) ae 21 .en8q paiwoliot eft ofad seve Biya sino yh sow 20 tests}! edt pnistieimnue vie de res Pav Higyoe 2 Tent +] « aM an % nyt Te rewolla? 2 eyLseW *s. In ant bt we Panel nosy ial d ya b upp taonat ye i wg meld Bley oe . 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