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Easr- ERN TROPICAL PACIFIC, IN CHARGE OF ALEXANDER AGASSIZ, BY THE U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “ABarross,” From OcroseEr, 1904, To Marcu, 1905, Lizurenant Commanpur L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., CoMMANDING, j PUBLISHED OR IN PREPARATION: — ~ i, A. AGASSIZ. V.5 General Report on the | C- A. KOFOID and J. R. MICHENER. Expedition. XXII.2 The Protozoa. A. AGASSIZ. I... Three Letters to Geo. | C. A. KOFOID and E. J. RIGDEN. M. Bowers, U. S. Fish Com. XXIV.%. The Protozoa. H. B. BIGELOW. XVI.16 The Medusae. | P. KRUMBACH. The Sagittae. H. B. BIGELOW. ciamarory % «~The Sipho- | R. VON LENDENFELD. Bah 2 ©6The nophores. ay whl: >, ® Siliceous Sponges. H. B. BIGELOW. XXVI.% The Cteno- | R. YON LENDENFELD. XXIX.» phores. Hexactinellida. eh Ne haa a me AS G. W. MULLER. The Ostracods. . . e ctinfiaria : ; R. V. CHAMBERLIN. XXXI2" The JOHN MURRAY and G. V. LEE. XVII.1 Reais ‘The Bottom Specimens. H,'L. CLARK.:..The Holothurians. MARY J. RATHBUN. X.1 he Oe H. L. CLARK. The Starfishes. “ tacea' Decapoda. H. L. CLARK. XXX. The Ophiurans, HARRIET RICHARDSON. ne ‘The S. F. CLARKE. VIII.8 The Hydroids. Isopods. W. R. COE. The Nemerteans. W. E. RITTER. IV. The Tunicates. L. J. COLE. XIX.9 The Pycnogonida. G. O. SARS. The Copepods. W. H. DALL. XIV.14 The Mollusks. -F. E. SCHULZE. x1. 11 The Xenophyo- C. R. EASTMAN. VII.2. The Sharks’ phoras. eet. | HARRIET R. SEARLE. XXVIIL® Iso- S. GARMAN. XII.2 The Reptiles. pods. HJ ANSE (The @impeds: H. R. SIMROTH. Pteropods, Heteropods. H. J. HANSEN. XXVII.2 The Schizo- % i; or E.C.STARKS. XIII.3 Atelaxia. W. E. HOYLE. . The Cephalanods: : TH. STUDER. The Alcyonaria. W. C. KENDALL and L. RADCLIFFE. | JH. THIELE. XV.s Bathysciadium. XXV.% The Fishes. T. W. VAUGHAN. VI.¢ The Corals. C. A. KOFOID. III2 IX. XX. The | R. WOLTERECK. XVIII.3 The Am- Protozoa : phipods. 1 Bull. M.C. Z., Vol. XLV1., No. 4, April, 1905, 22 pp. 2Pull. M.C. Z., Vol. XLVI,. No. 6, July, 1905, 4 pp., 1 pl. Bull: M.C. Z., Vol. XLVI., No. 9, September, 1905, 5 pp., 1 pl. 4Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. XLVI., No. 13, January, i906, 22 pp., 3 pls. 5 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XXXII!., January, 1906, 90 pp., 96 pls. 6 Bull. M. C. Z., Vel. L., No. 3, August, 1906, 14 pp., 10 pls. 7 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. L., No. 4, November, 1906, 26 pp., 4 pls. 8 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XXXV., No. 1, February, 1907, 20 pp., 15 pls. 9 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. L., No. 6, February, 19C7, 48 pp., 18 pls. 10 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XX XV, No. 2, August, 1907, 56 pp., 9 pls. 1 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. LI., No. 6, November, 1907, 22 pp., 1 pl. 12 Bull. M. C. Z.. Vol. LIT., No. 1, June, 1908, 14 pp., 1 pl. 13 Bull. M. C. Z., Vel. LII., No. 2, July, 1908, 8 pp., 5 pls. 14 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. XLITII., No. 6, October, 1908, 285 pp.. 22 pls. 1 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. LIL., No. 5, October, 1908, 11 pp., 2 pls. 16 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XX XVII., February, 1909, 243 pp., 48 pls. 17 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XX XVIII., No. 1, June, 1909, 172 pp., 5 pls., 3 maps, 1% Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. LII., No. 9, June, 1909, 26 pp., 8 pls. 19 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. LIl., No. 11, August, 1909, 10 pp., 3 pls. 20 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. LII., No. 13, September, 1909, 48 pp., 4 pls. 2! Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XLI., August, September, 1910. 323 pp., 56 pls. 22 Bull. M. C. Z., Vol. LIV., No. 7, August, 1911, 38 pp. 22 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XXXVIII., No. 2, December, 1911, 232 pp., 32 pls. 4 Bull. M.C. Z., Vol. LIV., No. 10, February, 1912, 16 pp., 2 pls. 2 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XXXV., No. 3, April, 1912, 98 pp., 8 pls. 7% Bull. M.C. Z., Vol. LIV., No. 12, April, 1912, 38 pp., 2 pls. 27 Mem. M. C. Z., Vol. XXXV., No. 4, July, 1912, 124 pp., 12 pls. *% Ball. M. C. Z., Vol. LVIII., No. 8, August, 1914, 14 pp. 29 Mem. M. C. Z., Vel. XLII., June, 1915, 397 pp., 109 pls. 39 Bull, M. C. Z., Vol. LXI., October, 1917, 28 pp., 5 pis. 3 Mer. M. C. Z., Vol. XLVIII, July, 1919, 514 pp., 80 pls. ANNUAL REPORT THE DIRECTOR OF THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY AT HARVARD COLLEGE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE FOR 1918-1919. CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A:: PRINTED FOR THE MUSEUM. 1919. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. Faculty, ABBOTT LAWRENCE LOWELL, President. HENRY P. WALCOTT, ‘SAMUEL HENSHAW, Director. GEORGE L. GOODALE JOHN E. THAYER. Committee on the Auseum., HENRY P. WALCOTT. SAMUEL HENSHAW . WALTER FAXON . SAMUEL GARMAN. OUTRAM BANGS HUBERT L. CLARK HENRY B. BIGELOW ROBERT W. SAYLES . PERCY E. RAYMOND THOMAS BARBOUR . RALPH V. CHAMBERLIN . JOHN C. PHILLIPS NATHAN BANKS GEORGE NELSON . REGINALD A. DALY. EDWARD L. MARK GEORGE H. PARKER WILLIAM E. CASTLE WILLIAM M. WHEELER ROBERT DseC. WARD ALEXANDER G. McADIE . WALLACE W. ATWOOD LOUIS C. GRATON . HERBERT W. RAND. JAY B. WOODWORTH PERCY E. RAYMOND CHARLES T. BRUES . GEORGE L. GOODALE. Officers. Director. Curator of Crustacea and Mollusca. Curator of Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fishes. Curator of Mammals and Birds. Curator of Echinoderms. Curator of Coelenterates. Curator of the Geological Collections. Curator of Invertebrate Palaeontology. Associate Curator of Reptiles and Amphibi- ans. Curator of Arachnids, Myriopods, and Worms. Associate Curator of Birds. Curator of Insects. Preparator. Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology. - Hersey Professor of Anatomy. Professor of Zoélogy: Professor of Zoélogy. Professor of Economic Entomology. Professor of Climatology. ; Professor of Meteorology. Professor of Physiography. Professor of Economic Geology. Associate Professor of Zodélogy. Associate Professor of Geology. Associate Professor of Palaeontology. Assistant Professor of Economic Entomology. REPORT. To THE PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE:— Durine the Academic year 1918-1919, most of the instruction and the opportunities for research in Zodlogy, Geology, and Geography offered in Harvard University and in Radcliffe College were given in the Laboratories and Lecture Rooms of the Museum. In Zodlogy fourteen courses or half courses were taken by 222 students in Harvard University and six courses or half courses were taken by 81 students in Radcliffe College. In 1917-1918 these courses and students were:— Harvard:— 16 courses, 263 students. Radcliffe:— 10 courses, 121 students. In Geology and Geography nineteen courses were given in Harvard University and two courses were given in Radcliffe College. The number of students taking these courses was 333 1 in Harvard University and 23 in Radcliffe College. In 1917-1918 these courses and students were:— Harvard:— 11 courses, 372 students. Radcliffe:— 2 courses, 24 students. A bequest of $1,000. — has been received from the estate of the late Thomas St. John Lockwood. The bequest is made in memory of Samuel Lockwood who aided Louis Agassiz in his ichthyological - work for several years (1868-1872). Gifts for current use received from Dr. Thomas Barbour, Mr. C. P. Bowditch, Governor W. Cameron Forbes, and Mr. George Wigglesworth are acknowledged with thanks. To Dr. Barbour the Museum is also indebted for the plates illustrating the Her- petology of Cuba (Mem. M. C. Z., 47, no. 2). No extended field-work was undertaken during the year. Through the courtesy of Dr. A. G. Mayor, (formerly Mayer), the Director of the Marine Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, Professor Daly spent some weeks in Florida and also among the Samoan Islands. In Florida, his work included a 4. ' ANNUAL REPORT OF THE study of coral reefs, and in Samoa, he made a large collection of igneous rocks and investigated the volcanic geology of the several islands visited. Mr. W. S. Brooks made considerable collections in the Isle of Pines, and later in the year transferred his field of work to extreme southern Florida, where, in codperation with Dr. Barbour, he col- lected reptiles and mollusks, among the latter a very large series of Liguus. : Mr. George Nelson of the Museum staff spent several months in Florida collecting mammals, reptiles, and: fishes in and about Sebastian; his work included, in addition to the material for the research collections, a number of vertebrates for exhibition. Always fortunate in having much voluntary service, the Museum records its obligations for assistance in several departments :— to Messrs. F. H. Kennard and T. E. Penard (ornithological depart- ment); to Dr. G. M. Allen (herpetological collections); to Prof. W. M. Wheeler and Mr. A. C. Kinsey (entomological depart- ment); to Miss E. B. Bryant (arachnids); and to Dr. R. M. Field and Mr. T. H. Clark (fossil invertebrates). The Harris collection of Tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) constitutes the year’s most important accession. Edward Doubleday Harris, the son of Thaddeus William Harris, the author of the classic, Insects injurious to Vegetation, and also Harvard’s Librarian 1831-1856, died in Yonkers, N. Y., 2 March, 1919. Born in Cambridge, 20 September, 1839, a latent love of nature was developed somewhat late in life, as his manhood was engrossed with large financial trusts and his principal inherited interests were historical and genealogical. Selecting a single family of beetles for an avocation, Mr. Harris took up their study with great enthusi- asm, and by his personal work, a careful system of exchanges, and the judicious purchase of material, got together a very large and valuable series of species from all parts of the world. The entire collection is in excellent condition, well identified, thoroughly catalogued, most neatly relabeled and with the original labels in all cases carefully preserved. In connection with his work, Mr. Harris carried on an immense correspondence, which, with his notes and unpublished illustrations, was bequeathed with the collection to the Museum. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. & To Col. John E. Thayer the Museum is indebted for the original specimen of Parkman’s Wren, (Troglodytes parkmanit), a speci- men of scientific and historic interest. Collected by J. K. Townsend along the banks of the Columbia, and described by J. J. Audubon in 1839, the specimen was presented by Audubon to Dr. George Parkman of Boston, and later acquired by Colonel Thayer. It is in good condition, mounted on a twig with arti- ficial accessories, and contained in a box of paper and glass, evi- dently contemporaneous with the date (1841) when Audubon wrote Parkman that the specimen “well mounted will soon be on your chimney mantle.” With the specimen, Colonel Thayer gave Audubon’s letter. The Museum is indebted to Miss Elizabeth Harris, representing the heirs of T. W. Harris, for the plates of the latter’s Insects injurious to Vegetation; to Mr. A. B. Howell for a series of Cali- fornian mammals and birds; to Mr. F. H. Kennard for several North American birds; to Dr. Thomas Barbour for very many mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, and various invertebrates; to Dr. Malcolm Smith for a fine series of Siamese reptiles; to Prof. W. M. Wheeler for series of ants and arachnids; to Mr. B. Preston Clark for several Hawk moths (Sphingidae) and a number of arachnids, myriopods, and insects from the Philippines; to Mr. W. A. Hilton for annelids from southern California; to the U. S. Coast Survey and the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries for a series of Medusae and Siphonophorae from the western Atlantic; to the Canadian Government (Geological Survey) for a series of Medusae from the Arctic coasts of Canada and Alaska, and to Mr.J.H. Bradley, Jr. for an exhibition specimen of Upper Ordovician sea-bottom. The F. E. Melsheimer papers acquired during the year, consist of numerous note-books, lists, and catalogues, many of which relate to the first large collection of insects brought together in the United States more than 143 years ago by Rev. F. V. Melsheimer, the father of Dr. F. E. Melsheimer, whose collection was purchased by the Museum in 1864. The Melsheimer papers include numer- ous letters from S. S. Haldeman, the Lecontes, J. G. Morris and other early students of North American insects. Of the more important accessions received during the year, mention should be made of a series of 105 skins of forty-seven 6 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE species or subspecies of birds, mostly collected by C. H. Townsend in Polynesia. Mr. Townsend was naturalist during a part of the time, August, 1899 to March, 1900, that the ALBATROSS was engaged in exploring the Tropical Pacific under the direction of Mr. Agassiz. Other accessions include a small series of fossil vertebrates from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas; this series includes the entire wing of a Pterodactyl, sixty-one inches in length with the carpals in place, a fine exhibition specimen; also a rare species of Saurocephalus with the skull in exceptional condition for study; a collection of Cynipidae (84 types) purchased of Mr. William Beutenmiiller. From the American Museum of Natural History the Museum has received in exchange a fine series of reptiles collected during their Congo expedition and a series of 116 species or subspecies, over 300 specimens, of Colombian birds. Dr. G. M. Allen, employed for three days weekly, spent a large part of the time on the collection of fossil mammals, material chiefly from the tertiaries of Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas, gathered more than thirty years ago and in large part unstudied. More than 2,000 specimens of this material have been worked out from the matrix, cleaned, repaired, catalogued, and as far as possible, identified. A few ungulate groups are still unstudied. Of recent mammals some desirable species, new to the collection, have been given by Dr. Thomas Barbour, and received in exchange with the U. S. Biological Survey. The collection of skins of the smaller mammals is in most excellent condition, a result largely due to the skill and industry of Mr. A- B. Fuller. Dr. Allen’s time for research has been devoted to a study of the skeletal remains of aboriginal dogs of America. The status of a museum collection is best recognized, when on the completion of a taxonomic study of the larger part of it, a catalogue briefly noting the species, number of specimens, and localities, is brought together and printed. Such a catalogue of the Museum’s Amphibia caudata (salamanders and newts) prepared by Mr. E. R. Dunn and published as Bull. M.C. Z., December, 1918, 62, p. 443-472, records eighty-six species or subspecies, a number since increased to 104, somewhat more than two thirds of the recognized forms. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 7 Mr. Alvin Seale worked for four months upon the Museum col- lection of Clupeoids, a group of widely distributed ‘fishes of con- siderable importance commercially. He prepared a descriptive list of the Museum series which contains about 175 species repre- sented by more than 4,000 specimens. Mr. W. F. Clapp has continued his work upon the collection of mollusks throughout the year, dividing his time between the prepa- ration of a report upon the series of shells from the Solomon Islands collected by Dr. W. M. Mann, and the identification, registration, and arrangement of the accessions received. These accessions have been very numerous; the more important are the Gulick series of Hawaiian land shells, (Achatinellidae), received from the Boston Society of Natural History; a very large series of Liguus from southern Florida, many Cuban land shells and several hun- dred choice species from Japan and the Solomons, all the gift of Dr. Thomas Barbour. A number of species of Liguus received in exchange from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia supplements the Museum series. . Professor Raymond has completed a monograph on the appen- dages of the trilobites and worked up the large series of trilobites from Newfoundland collected in 1918 by Professors Schuchert and Dunbar; in connection with this work, he has described such tri- lobites as proved to be new that were collected in 1918, during the Shaler Memorial expedition in southwestern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. In return for Professor Raymond’s work upon — the Newfoundland trilobites, the Museum receives, through the courtesy of Professor Schuchert, a large number of species at present unrepresented in its collection. The Library contains 55,804 volumes and 57,708 pamphlets; 620 volumes and 1,900 pamphlets have been received during the year. The publications of the year include one volume and four parts of volumes of the Memoirs, thirteen numbers of the Bulletin and the Annual Report, a total of 1,374 (872 quarto and 502 octavo) pages, illustrated by 159 (135 quarto and 24 octavo) plates. The volume of Memoirs contains Dr. Chamberlin’s Report’ on the polychaete annelids collected during Mr. Agassiz’s ALBATROSS expeditions of 1891, 1899-1900, and 1904-1905. This memoir, 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE published as one volume of text (514 pp.) and one of eighty plates, gives a taxonomic account of 162 forms, of which 118 are described for the first time. Two numbers of the Memoirs complete two additional volumes; one, (vol. 35, no. 5), by Dr. F. M. MacFarland, includes an account of a small subfamily (Dolabellinae) of mol- lusks obtained during the 1899-1900 cruise of the ALBATROSS, and in another number, (vol. 45, no. 2), by Prof. Harold Heath, the Solenogastres of the eastern coast of North America are described and figured. | Mr. Sayles’s Memoir, (vol. 47, no. 1), Seasonal Deposition in Aqueo-Glacial Sediments, is the first quarto publication of the Museum of a purely geological nature published for more than thirty years. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Cuba by Dr. Thomas Barbour and Mr. C. T. Ramsden constitute the subject matter of the second number of vol. 47, a memoir of 148 pages with fifteen plates. Five numbers of the Bulletin contain reports based on Museum collections; three are Contributions from the Ento- mological Laboratory of the Bussey Institution, the collections reported upon being in part Museum material; three Bulletins contain reports upon field-work undertaken for the Museum; one is an annotated list of the Amphibia caudata contained in the Museum; and one is a Contribution from the Zodlogical Labora- tory. Toward the Contributions from the Laboratories, the Corpora- tion contributed $200.—. William Brewster died in Cambridge, 11 July, 1919. Keenly interested from early boyhood in the ways of birds, Mr. Brewster spent much of his life afield, acquired a broad and accurate knowl- edge of the life-habits of North American birds, and got together a large and valuable series of the same, their nests and eggs, all, scientifically, in exceptional condition. Mr. Brewster was in charge of the ornithological collections of the Museum from 1885 until his death; he also had charge of the collection of mammals from 1885 until 1900. In accepting Mr. Agassiz’s invitation to assume the care of these collections, Mr. Brewster wrote that he could not “at any time agree to undertake work that will involve any considerable expenditure of my time which is very fully taken up with other duties”; thus, while never an active Curator, the MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 9 staff of the Museum was strengthened by Mr. Brewster’s orni- thological repute, and his private collection was most generously at all times, practically, as by bequest it becomes actually, a part of the Museum’s resources. Mr. Brewster’s influence upon young ornithologists was very great and his relations with them as with his contemporaries was at all times genuinely sympathetic and helpful; the sincere regret and sense of individual loss felt by his Museum associates will be shared by many interested in bird life who were denied the privilege of his personal friendship. Mr. Brewster’s contribu- tions to ornithological literature are many and impertant; that they are not more numerous will always be regretted, especially when his Bird Migration, Birds of the Cambridge Region, Voices of a New England Marsh, or Squirrels in Cambridge are recalled to mind. His editing of H. D. Minot’s Land and Game Birds of New England was wholly admirable, a model for his own posthu- mous writings. The deaths of Prof. William G. Farlow and Mr. Oric Bates are recorded with regret. For several years the reports of Dr. Farlow’s teaching in the biological courses of the University were included among the activities of the Museum, and for nearly forty years he not only contributed valuable material to the Museum collec- tions, but his wide and exact knowledge and retentive memory were of distinct service in bibliographic inquiries. In recent years Mr. Oric Bates showed his interest in the Museum by personal contributions and by his influence upon others whom he met during his field-work in Africa. SAMUEL HENSHAW, Director. 10 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE ZOOLOGICAL LABORATORY. By E. L. Marx. In Harvard the courses in Zodlogy, in accordance with the military requirements, were divided into three terms; but in Radcliffe they were given as usual on the semester plan. During the first term, Professor Mark assisted in the Government course in Hygiene and Sanitation by conducting quizzes of two sections of the class. Table I is a record of the enrollment in Harvard. To the number indicating each course is added an exponent (1, 2, or 3) to indicate the term (first, second, or third) during which the course was given. The numbers in italics indicate students in military service, those in brackets, students who attended the lectures, but were not enrolled and took no examinations. 3 TABLE I. Course Grad- r Bu. |Publ.|No ac. } : 1918-1919 Pap ay" Sen. Jun. Soph. | Fresh.| Uncl. |OcC.| Sp. | Instn.|Hith. fee Total || Civ.} Mil. Zoology 11 — 3+2) 3+1 §64+7/113+2) 0+2)] 1 hi = 1 40 25+15 ¢ 13 2 7 14 35 50 15 1 1 7 | ee lis: — . 32 a(1) | 2 1 3 5 2 1}; 1/]/—)]—|] — | 17a) ¢ 41 — — — 1 |. 3 2) —= | — | — pp — 3 oa 1(2) | 2 2(1) 2 3 1 = ee | 2) ae ee 6 Bae Say ee 1 1 SN at ee = 7(1) « 5b: Gy (1) 1 Fn ee a — i) Sa hy ee : 7a ad <7 2 ay oa - Fy a ig I 3(3) a) ape tae Vee Gree See ph ene) ee ae ee aa — | = 1s 6 PAR ES) aang 1 Gs he ie 2 “ . 20023} 1 1 1 — |— | — J—J—} — |—-] — 3 o ‘Sogrey. 4 — | — — } — | — |—}|—}]—J}—-] — 1 «) g0c41..3 ee ee ar ras (eee ied Fe ee ee | 3 “ 2092.3 | 1 — | — —}/—}— }—}]—}|—}]—-}]—] 1 Sums 12(5) |17+2 | 26+1(2)| 48+8 | 71+2 2044 5 ae ie) We ee § 1 | 222(10) MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 11 The enrollments in Radcliffe courses are shown in Table II. TABLE II. Courses 1918-1919 . ° . 5 Uncel. Total In April, Assistant Professor Rand was promoted to be Asso- ciate Professor of Zodlogy from September 1, 1919. All courses given were conducted by the same instructors as in the year 1917-1918, except that Zodlogy 1 in the third term was given by Professor Castle. The lectures in the course during the first term, by Professor Parker, were the same in number as usually given in the first half-year, the additional time required being gained by giving three lectures a week instead of two. The Assistant in charge of the laboratory work during the first term was Mr. R. J. Dobson.- During the third term there were two lectures a week supplemented by required reading of textbooks. Mr. J. M. D. Olmsted was chief-assistant, the sub-assistants -being Messrs. L. C. Dunn, J. F. Fulton, Jr., and C. S. Simkins. Mr. A. W. L. Bray was Assistant in Zodlogy 3?, Zodlogy 4, Zodlogy 5a?, and Zodlogy 5b’, Harvard, also in Zodlogy 1, 4 and 5b, Radcliffe. The Assistant in Zoélogy 3? Radcliffe was Mr. V. Obreshkove, in Zoélogy 4? Harvard, Mr. J. M. D. Olmsted. The University extension course in Elementary Zodlogy, by Professor Parker, dealt with animal reactions and was attended by fourteen persons, about half of whom were teachers. The Assistant was Mr. A. W. L. Bray. Research work, carried on chiefly in the second and third terms, was counted as equivalent to courses as follows: —in Harvard Zoélogy 20a and 20b, under Professor Mark, three and one third 12 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE courses;. Zodlogy 20c, under Professor Parker, four and two thirds courses; Zodlogy 20g, under Professor Rand, one and one third courses; in Radcliffe Zodlogy 20c, under Professor Parker, two courses. Miss Marion Irwin, graduate student in Radcliffe College, re-. ceived in June the degree of Ph.D., her thesis, partly in the field of botany, partly in zodlogy, being entitled :— Effect of electrolytes and non-electrolytes on organisms in relation to sensory stimula- tion and respiration. The exigencies of war had made it necessary ies in the year 1917 to transfer the Bermuda Biological Station from Agar’s to a near by island — Dyer Island. At the opening of the College late in September, 1918, it was decided by the Corporation that, in view of the uncertain duration of the war, it would be desirable to close the Station for the time being. Accordingly when the Resident Naturalist, Dr. W. J. Crozier, received an offer of an Assistant Professorship in the College of Medicine of the University of Illinois, the Station was closed and so remained from early in November 1918, till June 1919, when it was reopened on Agar’s Island. The Station was open from 28 June to 10 September, and six persons, four of them from Harvard, including the Director, were at work there during most of the time. At the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, the Harvard Table was shared by two graduate students pursuing researches. The Radcliffe Table was shared by two students of the classes of 1919 and 1921. ‘ Aid from the Humboldt Fund to the amount of $417.50 was furnished to research students at the Bermuda Station and the Woods Hole Laboratory, the payments falling, however, within two fiscal years. The meetings of the Zodlogical Club were discontinued during the first term; but during the second and third terms there were thirteen meetings at which five original papers and eleven reviews were presented. The average attendance was over fourteen. The Contributions from the Zodlogical Laboratory and from the Bermuda Biological Station for Research for the year 1918-1919 are listed on p. 30-32; other papers under the authors’ names. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 13 REPORT OF THE STURGIS HOOPER PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY. By Reeratp A. DALY. In January the writer returned from France, terminating his leave of absence from the University. The remainder of the year was spent on research work; no courses of instruction were given. During the spring, field studies on recent changes of level along the New England coast were continued. At the invitation of Dr. A. G. Mayor, Director of the Marine Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, some weeks were spent in Florida on investigations of:—1, The causes of the cementation of “beach- rock”’; 2, The chemical precipitation of calcium carbonate; and 3, The coral reefs of the region. On July 2nd the writer left Cambridge for the Samoan islands, where eight weeks were de- voted to a somewhat detailed mapping of the island of Tutuila and reconnaissance of Ofu, Olosenga, Tau, and Upolu, with special reference to their volcanic geology. The expenses of this work, as of that in Florida, were defrayed by the Carnegie Institu- ' tion, and in many other, more personal ways, the investigations were greatly aided by Dr. Mayor, to whom the writer’s hearty thanks are due. A large collection of igneous rocks was made. A general statement as to the results of the expedition has been sent to press and will appear in the annual report of the Director of the Marine Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution. During the year, a paper on the post-Pliocene history of the coral-reef zone was written. Laboratory studies on post-Glacial movements of the earth’s crust in the regions peripheral to the Pleistocene ice-caps were continued. Field and other evidence has been found that the isostatic adjustment following the relief of load because of deglaciation has been accomplished by plastic deformation of the earth’s body. The peripheral belt surrounding the North American ice-cap was pushed up by the weight of the ice and it sank after the ice was melted. These movements are believed to be important since they seem to explain floral and faunal peculiarities of certain islands, including Newfoundland, and also certain abnormalities in the drainage of the peripheral belt extending from the Hudson river to the Platte river. 14 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY. By J. B. Woopwortu. To meet the requirements of the Students’ Army Training Corps, the regular courses of the Department were, with few exceptions, abandoned, and special short term courses in geology, geography, and meteorology were planned for the entire year; but the signing of the armistice in November was followed by the closure of the Training Corps at the end of its first term, December 21st, and the attempt to complete the year by a return to the regular courses. Geology 12, geological surveying, was conducted throughout the year without change of plan. The military courses called for a year divided into three terms. Certain courses in the second and third terms were counted as half courses, and some courses were repeated in each of the three sessions. Owing to the outbreak of the influenza in October, the attendance was very irregular. The following tabulation represents the courses and the attendance. Harvard: Geology 11 — Professor Woodworth; Mr. Vaughan ...... 7 “ 91 a ee “ “ “ “ E q : : ; 3 “ 43 Paid “ “ “ “ , F ‘ 5 a 88 “ 53 ee “ “ “ “ 3 rf : , . 388 “ 83 pres «“ “ “ “ Z : ‘ ; 6 {4 121 ae “ “ “ “ : j 3 : 4 | “ 123 en “ “ “ “ 4 . ; e 2 6 - 14 — : Raymond, ¢..)0.V\ | «4 lel bs idenrey bee ¢ 162 — rf Woodworth >. .)/%. ) =e Sip: : 20e? — i wid len vep tee. = | long. i Geography A! — Professors Atwood and Raymond ye. oe ii 7). (— Professor Atwood). (20°. D\G? Uo ee Meteorology Lt — E Ward ../)¢ isbr Pe ee 4 31,3 — ‘ FW. 5g J yell eS bbw oat Os egies ae, aan . 6} — ~ My 1d Soebviohbap hc OMS secant ae 4 ' 20a ae = 3 . . . . . . . e . . . . ~ 1 MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 15 Palaeontology 12 — Professor Raymond a4 “ 93 a, “ “ 5 y “ 20 "tS “ “ , 3 Radcliffe: 333 Geology 41 — Professor Woodworth; Mr. Vaughan Puls “ 52 rks “ “ “ “ } 8 23 _ Mr. Victor Hall Vaughan served as assistant in geology in ‘Harvard and Radcliffe. Professors Atwood and Raymond took part in a course in sur- veying and map making given conjointly by the instructors in engineering and in the Division of Geology. To accommodate the instruction in Engineering, doors were cut through the fire-wall between the Geological Museum and the Peabody Museum on the first and fifth floors. Professor Ward’s elementary course in Meteorology was taken by students enrolled in the S. A. T. C. and in the Naval Unit, and the lectures were revised in order to meet the needs of the men who expected to be called on for military or naval service; in addition, he gave five lectures on meteorology in relation to aviation, for the students enrolled in the Air Service program. Professor Ward completed his study of the effects of current weather conditions upon military and naval operations in the war, and made further progress in the preparation of a book on the climatology of the United States. Professor Ward acted as an _adviser in the preparation of a text on elementary meteorology, prepared by the National Research Council, and has been elected a member of the American Section of the International Geophysi- eal Union. A considerable number of new photographs of mete- orological phenomena were added to the teaching collection. Professor Atwood gave his entire time during the first half of the year to military instruction. The work was chiefly in map making, map reading, and surveying; in connection with that work it was possible to introduce some more scientific study of the interpretation of topography. Three men conducted special studies in advanced physiography and regional geography under Professor Atwood. 16 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE The opportunities for research were, of course, quite limited, but Professor Atwood continued in charge of investigation and the preparation of a report on the Physiography of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Professor Woodworth spent the month of August, 1918, in writing certain parts of a text-book of military geology and geog- raphy, under the auspices of the Committee on Geology and Geography of the National Research Council, for the use of the S. A. T. C. The regular work of the seismographic station was maintained during the year up to the end of May, and some advance made in the preparation of a report on Cape Cod and the islands, for the U. S. Geological Survey. In November, 1918, Professor Woodworth was appointed Geologist in the U. 8S. G. 5S. for special work in New England, and during the year was elected a member of the newly organized International Geophysical Union in connection with seismology. At the end of June, 1919, Professor Woodworth went to Bozeman in charge of the Summer School in Geology (Course 5) which was attended by twenty-four students, for six weeks, counting as a whole course, because of war conditions. A few specimens col- lected in Montana were added to the teaching collections. Professor Raymond reports that a set of models of extinct reptiles by C. W. Gilmore of the U. S. N. M. formed the principal addition to the palaeontological collection. Professor Raymond will offer an elementary course in palaeon- tology to students of Radcliffe College in the year 1919-1920. Mr. R. C. Ray continued to act as preparator of the Division, giving much time to the military courses. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 17 REPORT ON THE MAMMALS. By Outram BANGS. During the year, 134 skins and skulls or skeletal parts and forty-seven alcoholic specimens were received. The most important accession was a gift of Dr. Thomas Barbour of ‘forty specimens, which added eleven genera and a number of species previously unrepresented in the collection. Mr. A. B. Howell presented a small series of Californian species, several of which were new to the Museum, and Mr. E. W. Wilson gave several Asiatic specimens, including the second known example of Murina ussuriensis. By exchange, with the U. S. Biological Survey the Museum received two species of American Lemmings, completing the repre- sentation of known American forms; an exchange with Mr. A. B. Howell added some Californian species supplementary to those presented. Single specimens or small series have been presented by the Boston Society of Natural History, Messrs. F. K. Barbour, W. E. Castle, A. E. Hodson, Luther Little, J. H. Riley, and’ William Lord Smith. 18 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE BIRDS. By Outram BAncs. During the year the Museum has received 583 bird skins. The gifts include from Dr. Thomas Barbour sixty-four New Guinea birds, eleven from Cuba, and two from Florida; from Mr. William Brewster twenty-five skins collected by Mr. A. T. Wayne in South Carolina; from Mr. F. N. Kennard thirteen North American birds; from Mr. A. B. Howell seven Californian skins; from Mr. Frank Cundall three Jamaican birds — especially desirable species; from Mr. Richard H. Wace three skins from the Falkland Islands; from Dr. John C. Phillips two South Ameri- can ducks; and single specimens from Mr. W. W. Brown, Jr., Gov. W. Cameron Forbes, and Miss Mary Scully. A series of 105 skins, collected during the Albatross expedition of 1899-1900 in the Tropical Pacific, was received through the U. S. National Museum. Mr. Thomas E. Penard, continues to spend what time he can spare for work in the bird department. By purchase we acquired one skin — a South ‘Ascent pas Burrow- ing Owl. By exchange we have received, from the American Museum of Natural History 301 Colombian birds, belonging to 166 species and subspecies; from C. W. Chamberlain twenty-three European skins; from Mr. A. C. Bent seventeen North American birds, and from Dr. L. C. Sanford two from South America. Specimens have been sent in exchange to the Boston Society of Natural History, the U. S. Biological Survey, and to Dr. L. C. Sanford, Messrs. A. C. Bent, C. W. Chamberlain, and W. F. Henninger. Considerable material has been loaned to the American Museum of Natural History, Field Museum, and to Messrs. Thomas E. Penard, Harry C. Oberholser, and Dr. Jonathan Dwight. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 19 The Museum is indebted to’the American Museum of Natural History, the Field Museum, the U. S. National Museum, Dr. L. C. Sanford, and Mr. Thomas E. Penard for the loan of material. Mr. F. H. Kennard has transferred permanently a part of his collection to the Museum, and spends some time working in the Museum. 20 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. By Tuomas BARBOUR. The Associate Curator returned to the Museum in May, having been attached in a confidential capacity to the Hon. H. H. Morgan, U. S. Consul General detailed to represent in Havana, Cuba, the U. S. Food and Fuel Administrations, the U. S. War Trade and Shipping Boards. The year brought large increases to the collection. Dr. Mal- colm Smith of Bangkok, Siam, presented a beautifully preserved suite of Siamese species including several new to the collection. Mr. W. S. Brooks collected extensively in the Island of Pines and extreme southern Florida, where the Associate Curator also secured valuable material from Mr. C. A. Mosier and others. Interesting specimens from Sebastian, Florida were collected by Mr. George Nelson. The collection has benefited greatly by the care which Dr. G. M. Allen has given it during my absence. The entire collection of Urodeles has been card catalogued and — consists of thirty-four genera and 104 species. Most of the lizards and snakes, except the large specimens, are also so recorded, and to date the collection contains of lizards 208 genera, 972 species; snakes 222 genera and 630 species; crocodilians four genera and nineteen species; rhynchocephalians one genus, one species, and of chelonians about 110 species. Of the Salientia there are seventy-eight species of Hyla. The American Museum in New York has sent in exchange a very fine series from its Congo collection, including many great rarities. Other exchanges were effected with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, U. S. National Museum, Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan, and the British Museum. Gifts came also from Messrs. C. F. Baker, W. R. Forrest, A. B. Fuller, and C. T. Ramsden. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 21 REPORT ON THE FISHES. By SAMUEL GARMAN. This year, Dr. Thomas Barbour has added considerably to his donations from collections made by Mrs. Barbour and himself, by Dr. G. M. Allen, and by purchase of types and cotypes used by Mr. W. S. Ansorge. Many other specimens have been re- ceived from Mr. W. 5S. Brooks, collected by “Brooks and Mosier.” Numerous others were secured by Mr. George Nelson. The majority of the preceding were gathered for use in work now in hand. Certain species of Japanese fishes were forwarded by Dr. Shigeho Tanaka, and of New England forms by Mr. E. C. Berry. Prof. E. W. Gudger sent in some anatomical preparations, casts, etc. used by him in illustrating recent publications. Besides the ordinary care, special efforts have been directed in this department toward economical changes, in the way of dis- posal of deteriorating material, such as is not likely to be soon in demand, or as can be easily supplied when called for, and to investigations in synonymy, in anatomy, etc. 22 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. . By Natuan BAnkKs. The most important accession of the year is the great collection of Cicindelidae bequeathed by- the late Mr. E. D. Harris. The Museum series of these insects is now unexcelled in this country. Other gifts of specimens were from Messrs. C. P. Alexander, C. F. Baker, W. 8. Blatchley, T. D. A. Cockerell, R. W. Dawson, C. W. Johnson, A. C. Kinsey, C. L. Metcalf, R. J. Tillyard, L. H. Weld, and W. M. Wheeler; the Boston Society of Natural History transmitted some Lepidoptera from the Emily L. Morton collection. A valuable collection of Cyni- pidae, including eighty-four types, was purchased from Mr. William Beutenmuller. By exchange we obtained some fossorial Hymenoptera from Mr. C. E. Mickel. Material identified includes the genus Tiphia by Mr. Malloch, the Cynipidae by Mr. Kinsey, exotic Vespidae by Dr. Bequaert, Anthomyidae by Mr. Aldrich, Sarcophagidae by Dr. Parker, Crabronidae and Bombidae by Dr. Wheeler. The Curator has studied much of the Neuroptera, identified and described many species, and rearranged the Myrmeleonidae. The Larridae were also named. Visitors to study the collection and | examine types have been more numerous than usual. The collection has been examined for pests and found to be in good condition. More than 10,000 specimens were mounted and over 700 types verified and numbered. Numerous lots of Acari were named for economic entomologists, termites for the Bureau of Entomology, Neuroptera for the U. 8S. Biological Survey, Mecoptera for Dr. Crampton, and Psammo- charidae for Dr. Wheeler and Dr. Bequaert; desirable specimens were retained for the collection. A collection of spiders sent by the California Academy of Sciences has been assorted and partly named. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 23 REPORT UPON THE MYRIOPODS, ARACHNIDS, AND WORMS. By Raupeu V. CHAMBERLIN. During the year the polychaetes secured by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and other annelid material from northern and Arctic regions received for study from the Canadian Geologi- cal Survey were identified and a report prepared. ‘The gephyreans of the Canadian Arctic Expedition were also reported upon. A collection of polychaetes made by the Curator on the California Coast in 1909 was identified. ‘The Museum is indebted to Prof. W. A. Hilton for many additional specimens of annelids from the southern California coast. Further material from Canadian waters was received from the Canadian Geological Survey. Accessions of arachnids were received during the year from Miss E. B. Bryant who has continued her work upon the collections and from Messrs. H. A. Allard, S. C. Chamberlin, J. H. Emerton. During the year the Curator identified a collection of Chinese spiders received through the U.S. N. M., the collection of spiders from southern California made by Prof. W. A. Hilton and students, and a collection of spiders made chiefly in Utah in 1917 by the Curator. One week was spent in Washington at the U.S. N. M. in exami- nation of the myriopod collections. Through the courtesy of the Museum these collections have been sent to the Museum for study. The American Museum of Natural History has also sent for a similar study the myriopods collected during the Belgian Congo Expedition. To Prof. O. F. Cook the Museum is indebted for African myriopods loaned from his personal collection. Speci- mens have also been received from the Canadian Geological Survey, Miss Edith M. Patch, and Messrs. J. M. Aldrich, Paul Bartsch, €. R. Crosby, J. J. Davis, C. G. Hewitt, W. A. Hilton, L. O. Howard, W. A. Riley, and E. A. Sasscer. Routine work included the identification of various minor lots of myriopods. A beginning was made on a study of the chilopods _ and diplopods of the East Indies. 24. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE ECHINODERMS. By Huspert LyMan CuARK. During the first part of the year, the report on the sea-stars of Mr. Agassiz’s expeditions in the Tropical Pacific, on the ALBATROSS in 1899-1900 and 1904-1905 was completed. Since then the work has been concerned wholly with the Museum’s collections. This work has been for the most part along three lines: —1, Re- examination and identification of holothurians, including prepara- tion of the descriptions of a number of new species; 2, A complete revision of the Lincklidae or more correctly Ophidiasteridae; following the completion of this work, the Museum collection, 1,270 specimens of fifty-four species, was relabeled and recata- logued; 3, A similar revision was completed of the Ophiocomidae. In connection with the ordinary curatorial work, the alcoholic collections were gone over thoroughly. The accessions for the year were sixty-eight specimens alto- gether, and none of these added a species new to the collection. The new material was received as gifts; the most important con- sisted of thirty-nine specimens from Samoa, from Mr. John W. Mills; and twenty-four specimens from Hawai, from Mr. D. Thaanum. The other donors were Messrs. A. B. Ulrey and W. A. Hilton. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 25 REPORT ON THE COELENTERATES. By Henry B. BIGELow. The important accessions to the collection received during the past year are: — 1. A series of Medusae and Siphonophorae collected by the U. S. Coast Survey steamer BacHE in the Western Atlantic, in 1914. 2. A series of Medusae collected by the Canadian Arctic Expedition, off the Arctic Coasts of Canada and Alaska, 1913- 1916, a gift of the Canadian Government. I was relieved from duty in the U. 8. Shipping Board on 1 January, 1919. Since that time I have been occupied chiefly on the reports on the Canadian Arctic Medusae, and on the Oceano- graphic Cruises of the U.S. Fisheries Schooner Grampvs, in 1916. During the spring, the operations of the International Ice Patrol were resumed on’ the Grand Banks, and extensive oceanographic observations made according to my directions. 26 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON INVERTEBRATE PALAEONTOLOGY. By P. E. Raymonp. The fossils collected in southwestern Virginia and eastern Tennessee during the Shaler Memorial Expedition of 1918 were prepared and labeled, and such trilobites as proved to be new, described. ‘The trilobites collected by Professors Schuchert and Dunbar in Newfoundland, in 1918, were also identified. Some new species were found in this collection. The work on the trilobites from Newfoundland is now completed and the Museum will receive a large number of species previously unrepresented in its collection. About three months in the winter were devoted to the monograph on the appendages of trilobites, now completed. At the end of May, Mr. T. H. Clark and the Curator spent a day in the old Devonian locality at Bernardston, Mass., and obtained a number of corals. . Dr. Richard M. Field was occupied a part of the year in the rearrangement of the collection of Brachiopoda. This collection is remarkably rich in European and American Palaeozoic forms and it is hoped that it will soon be possible to bring it into condi- tion. A small collection of early Pennsylvania (Morrow) fossils was received from Mr. D. K. Greger as an exchange. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 27 REPORT ON THE GEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. By R. W. SAYLsEs. During most of the year the Curator was engaged in teaching in the S. A. T.C. The Museum is greatly indebted to Mr. J. H. Bradley, Jr., for a splendid specimen of Upper Ordovician sea-bottom, contain- ing many brachiopods of several species, collected near Clermont, Iowa. A large case for cave deposits has been erected in the hall. \ 28 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. During the Museum year from August 1, 1918, to July 31, 1919, inclusive, 620 volumes, 1,205 parts of volumes, and 1,900 pamph- lets have been added to the Library. The total number of volumes in the Library is 55,804, the total number of pamphlets is 57,708. Two hundred and ninety volumes have been bound; two thousand eight hundred pamphlets have been separately bound. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 29 PUBLICATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1918-1919 (1 Aucust, 1918 — 31 Juty, 1919) MusEuM oF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. BULLETIN: — Vol. LXII. ; No. 6. Brittle-stars, new and old. By Hubert L. Clark. pp. 76. 8 plates. October, 1918. No. 7. The ants of the genus Opisthopsis Emery. By William M. Wheeler. pp. 24. 3plates. November, 1918. No. 8. Some Medusae and Siphonophorae from the western Atlantic. By Henry B. Bigelow. pp.80. S8plates. December, 1918. No. 9. The collection of Amphibia caudata of the Museum of Comparative Zoélogy. By Emmett R. Dunn. pp. 30. December, 1918. No. 10. Antillean Isoptera. By Nathan Banks. pp. 18. 2 plates, January, 1919. No. 11. The races of Dendroica vitellina Cory. By Outram Bangs. pp. 6. January, 1919. No. 12. The Phoridae of Grenada. By Charles T. Brues. pp. 10. Febru- ary, 1919. No. 18. The American collared lemmings (Dicrostonyx). By Glover M. Allen. pp.34. Ilplate. February, 1919. No. 14. Notes on the avifauna of Newfoundland. By G. K. Noble. pp. 28. March, 1919. No. 15. Regenerative phenomena following the removal of the digestive tube and the nerve cord of earthworms. By H. R. Hunt. pp. 13. 1 plate. April, 1919. Vol. LXIII. No. 1. A section in the Trenton limestone at Martinsburg, New York. By Thomas H. Clark. pp.18. 1 plate. May, 1919. No. 2. Some critical notes on birds. By Outram Bangs and Thomas E. Penard. pp. 22. June, 1919. No. 3. The ants of Borneo. By William M. Wheeler. pp. 108. July, 1919. 30 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEMorRrs :— Vol. XXXV. No. 5. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross,’”’ from August, 1899, to June, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. 8S. N., commanding. XIX. The Dolabellinae. By F. M. MacFarland. pp. 53. 10 plates. September, 1918. Vol. XLV. No. 2. Solenogastres from the eastern coast of North America. By Harold Heath. pp. 81. 14 plates. October, 1918. Vol. XLVII. No. 1. Seasonal deposition in aqueo-glacial sediments. By Robert W. Sayles. pp. 68. 16 plates. February, 1919. No. 2. The herpetology of Cuba. By Thomas Barbour and Charles T. Ramsden. pp. 148. 15 plates. May, 1919. Vol. XLVIII. Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “ Albatross,’”’ during 1891, Lieut.- Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S. N., commanding. XXXVIII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer “ Albatross,”’ from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., commanding. XX. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “ Albatross,” from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L. M. Garrett, U.S. N., commanding. XXXI. The Annelida Polychaeta. By Ralph V. Chamberlin. pp. 514. 80 plates. July, 1919. ‘ . REPORT :— 1917-1918. 35pp. December, 1918. ZOOLOGICAL LABORATORY. CONTRIBUTIONS: — 310. Brooks, E. $8.— Reactions of frogs to heat and cold. Amer. journ. physiol., August, 1918, 46, p. 493-501. 311. Coss, P. H.— Autonomous responses of the labial palps of Anodonta. Proc. Nat. acad. sci., August, 1918, 4, p. 234-235. 312. Irwin, M.— The nature of sensory stimulation by salts. Amer. journ. physiol., November, 1918, 47, p. 265-277. 313. Parker, G. H.— The rate of transmission in the nerve net of the coelenterates. Journ. gen. physiol., November, 1918, 1, p. 231-236. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. ol 314. Buicnery, A. J. — The effect of adrenin on the pigment migration in the melanophores of the skin and in the pigment cells of the retina of the frog. Journ. exper. zoél., January, 1919, 27, p. 391-396. | 315. Jorpan, H.— Concerning Reissner’s fiber in teleosts. Journ. comp. neurol., February, 1919, 30, p. 217-227. 1 pl., p. 227. 316. .Parxer, G. H.— The organization of Renilla. Journ. exper. zool., February, 1919, 27, p. 499-507. 317. Hunt, H. R.— See supra, Bull., 62, no. 15. 318. Davis, D. W.— Asexual multiplication and regeneration in Sagartia luciae Verrill. Journ. exper. zo6l., May, 1919, 28, p. 161-263, (10 pls., p. 245-263). 319. Parxer, G. H.— The effects of the winter of 1917-1918 on the occurrence of Sagartia luciae Verrill. Amer. nat., May- June, 1919, 53, p. 280-281. BERMUDA BIOLOGICAL STATION FOR RESEARCH. CONTRIBUTIONS: — 86. Crozier, W. J.— On tactile responses of the de-eyed hamlet 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. (Epinephelus striatus). Journ. comp. neurol., April, 1918, 29, p. 163-175. | Watton, A. C.— Longitudinal fission in Actinia bermudensis Vernll. Journ. morph., June, 1918, 31, p. 48-52. Crozier, W. J.— The amount of bottom material ingested by holothurians (Stichopus). Journ. exper. zodl., July, 1918, 26, - p. 379-390. Crozier, W. J.— On the method of progression in polyclads. Proc. Nat. acad. sci., December, 1918, 4, p. 379-381. Crozier, W. J.— On the pigmentation of a clypeastroid, Mellita sesquiperforatus Leske. Amer. nat., October-November, 1918, 52, p. 552-556. Crozier, W. J. anp Arey, L. B.— On the significance of the reaction to shading in Chiton. Amer. journ. physiol., August, 1918, 46, p. 487-492. Arey, L. B.— The multiple sensory activities of the so-called rhinophore of nudibranchs. Amer: journ. physiol., August, 1918, 46, p. 526-532. 32 93. 94. 95. 96: 97. 98. ous 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CroziER, W. J.— On indicators in animal tissues. Journ. biol. chem., September, 1918, 35, p. 455-460. Crozier, W. J.— Fischer’s theory of water absorption in edema. Journ. Amer. chem. soc., October, 1918, 40, p. 1611-1612. Arzy, L. B. anp Crozier, W. J.— The ‘homing habits’ of the pulmonate mollusk Onchidium. Proc. Nat. acad. sci., Novem- ber, 1918, 4, p. 319-321. Crozier, W. J.— Growth and duration of life of Chiton tuber- culatus. Proc. Nat. acad. sct., November, 1918, 4, p. 322-325. Crozier, W. J.— Growth of Chiton tuberculatus in different environments. Proc. Nat. acad. sci., November, 1918, 4, p. 325-328. CroziER, W. J.— Assortive mating in a nudibranch, Chromo- doris zebra Heilprin. Journ. exper. zodl., November, 1918, 27, p. 247-292. JoHnson, C. W.— The Avwcula candeana of d’Orbigny, from Bermuda. Nautilus, October, 1918, 32, p. 37-89, pl. 3. Crozier, W.J.— On the use of the foot in some mollusks. Journ. exper. Z06l., January, 1919, 27, p. 359-866. JORDAN, H.— See supra, Contrib. Zool. Lab., 315. Crozier, W. J.— On the resistance of Fundulus to concentrated sea water. Amer. nat., March-April, 1919, 53, p. 180-185. Crozier, W. J.—On regeneration and the re-formation of lunules in Mellita. Amer. nat., January—February, 1919, 53, p. 93-96. Crozier, W. J.— Coalescence of the shell-plates in Chiton. Amer. nat., May-June, 1919, 58, p. 278-279. Crozier, W. J.— Intracellular acidity in Valonia. Journ. gen. physiol., July, 1919, 1, p. 581-583. Crozier, W. J.— On the control of the response to shading in the branchiae of Chromodoris. Journ. gen. physiol., July, 1919, 1, p. 585-591. Auten, G. M. Three interesting great horned owls from New England. Au, July, 1919, 36, p. 367-370. See also p. 29. Bull., 62, no. 13. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 33 Atwoop, W. W. Relation of landslides and glacial deposits to reservoir sites in the San Juan mountains, Colorado. Bull., 685, U. S. geol. surv., 1918, 38 pp., 8 pls. Physical geography of land areas. Amer. year book. New York, 1919, p. 634-636. Banecs, OuUTRAM. Notes on the species and subspecies of Paecilonitta Eyton. Proc. N. E. zoél. club, 31 October, 1918, 6, p. 87-89. A new genus of Caprimulgidae. Proc. N. E. zoél. club, 31 October, 1918, 6, p. 91-92. A new race of the black-throated green wood warbler. Proc. N. E. zo0l. club, 31 October, 1918, 6, p. 93-94. Notes on South American short-eared owls. Proc. N. E. zodl. club, 8 February, 1919, 6, p. 95-98. Types of Pachycephala littayec. Layard. Ibis, October, 1918, 6, p. 740-741. Lists of birds collected on the Harvard Peruvian expedition of 1916. [With G. K. Noble]. Auk, October, 1918, 35, p. 442-463. A new striated grass warbler from the Philippines. Proc. N. E. zool. club, 6 June, 1919, 7, p. 5-6. See also p. 29. Bull, 62, no. 11; 63, no. 2. Banks, NATHAN. The termites of Panama and British Guiana. Bull. Amer. mus. nat. hist., 29 November, 1918, 38, p. 659-668, pl. 51. New Psammocharidae and Philanthidae. Canad. ent., April, 1919, 51, p. 81-85. The Acarina collected by the Canadian Arctic expedition, 1913-18. Rept. Canad. Arctic exped., 1913-18, 14, July, 1919, 3, pt. H p. 11-13. See also p. 29. Bull., 62, no. 10. BarBour, THOMAS. . Another new race of the king snake. Proc. N. E. zoél. club, 5 June, 1919, 7, p. 1-4, pl. 1. : Distribution of Sceloporus in southern Florida. Copeia, 23 June, 1919, no. 70, p. 48-51. Herpetological notes. Proc. N. E. zoél. club, 26 July, 1919, 7, p. 7-14. See also p. 30. Mem., 47, no. 2. ’ 34 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BicELow, H. B. Hydromedusae, siphonophores and ctenophores of the “ Albatross” Philippine expedition. Bull. 100, U. S. nat. mus., 1919, 1, pt. 5, p. 279-362, pl. 39-43. See also p. 29. Bull., 62, no. 8. Brves,22°2, See p. 29. Bull., 62, no. 12. CHAMBERLIN, R. V. Two new diplopods from Louisiana. Canad. ent., November, 1918, 50, p. 361-363. New spiroboloid diplopods. Proc. Biol. soc. Washington, 30 Decem- ber, 1918, 31, p. 165-170. Polychaetes from Monterey bay. Proc. Biol. soc. Washington, 30 December, 1918, 31, p. 173-180. | Myriopods from Okefenokee swamp, Ga., and from Natchitoches parish, Louisiana. Ann. Ent. soc. America, December, 1918, 11, p. 369-380. » . New polychaetous annelids from Laguna beach, California. Journ. ent. and zoél., March, 1919, 11, p. 1-23. A new Parajulus from British Columbia. Canad. ent., May, 1919, 51, p. 119-120. A new Texan Parajulus. Proc. Biol. soc. Washington, 27 June, 1919, 32, p. 119-120. 3 The chilopods collected by the Canadian Arctic expedition, 1913-18. Rept. Canad. Arctic exped., 1913-18, 14 July, 1919, 3, pt. H, p. 15-22) Col, p)22). See also p. 30. Mem. 48. Criapp, W. F. ; A new Priotrochatella from the Isle of Pines, Cuba. Nautilus, October, 1918, 32, p. 47-51, pl. 4. -A new Opisthosiphon from Cuba. Nautilus, January, 1919, 32, p. 86-90, pl. 7, fig. 14. A new Camaena from the Philippine islands. Nautilus, July, 1919, 33, p.. 28-30, pl. 1. CuarK, H. L. , The pterylosis of the wild pigeon. Auk, October, 1918, 35, p. 416- 420. See also p. 29. Bull., 62, no. 6. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 35 Daty, R. A. Field relations of litchfieldite and sodasyenites of Litchfield, Maine. Bull. Geol. soc. Amer., 30 September, 1918, 29, p. 463-470. Faxon, WALTER. . The name “erythrogaster.” Auk, April, 1919, 36, p. 294-295. Mark, E. L. Report on the Zodlogical laboratory. Ann. rept. M. C. Z., 1917- 1918, December, 1918, p. 9-11. The Zodlogical laboratory. Rept. President Harv. coll., 1917-1918, 20 March, 1919, p. 234-236. Parker, G. H. See supra, Contrib. Zoél. Lab., 313, 316, 319. The elementary nervous system. Philadelphia, etc., 1919, 229 pp. SayLes, R. W. Un modéle de volcan. Rev. gén. scr., 15 December, 1918, 29, p. 661-666. See also p. 30. Mem., 47, no. 1. Warp, R. DE C. Weather controls over the fighting during the summer of 1918. Sct. month., October, 1918, 7, p. 289-298. Major controls of the climates of the United States. Month. weather'rev., October, 1918, 46, p. 464468. Weather and thé war. Youth's companion, 21 November, 1918, 92, p. 619-620. A short bibliography of United States climatology. Journ. geogr., December, 1918, 17, p. 137-144. How meteorological instruction may be furthered. Month. weather rev., December, 1918, 46, p. 554. Meteorology and war-flying. Ann. Assoc. Amer. geogr., 1918, 8, p. 3-33. Weather controls over the fighting during the autumn of- 1918. Sci. month., January, 1919, 8, p. 1-15. Rainyedays and rain probability in the United States. Geogr. rev., January, 1919, 7, p. 4448. The larger relations of climate and crops in the United States. Quart. journ. Roy. met. soc., January, 1919, 45, p. 1-18. Some present aspects of immigration. Journ. hered., February, 1919, 10, p. 68-70. 36 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE The immigration of orientals. Journ. hered., March, 1919, 10, pil 10, ' The meteorological activities of the late Professor Edward C. Picker- ing. Month. weather rev., April, 1919, 47, p. 241-242. Walter Gould Davis. Boston even. transcript, 5 May, 1919; Month. ‘weather rev., 1919, 47, p. 242. Americanization and immigration. Amer. month. rev. reviews, May, 1919, 59, p. 512-516. Frost in the United States. Geogr. rev., May, 1919, 7, p. 339-344. Walter Gould Davis. Science, 4 July, 1919, 50, p. 11-18. Immigration. Youth’s companion, 1919, 93, p. 435, 450-451, 463, 475, 490-491, 502-503. ~ Notes and reviews. Geogr. rev. throughout the year. WHEELER, W. M. See p. 29. Bull., 62, no. 7; 63, no. 3. Woopwokrth, J. B. [Contributions to] Gregory’s Military geology and topography. New Haven, 1918, 281 pp. Dynamical and structural geology. Amer. year book. New York, 1919, p. 623-626. Seismological reports of the Harvard station. Month. weather rev., 1918-1919, 46, 47. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY. 37 INVESTED FUNDS OF THE MUSEUM. In THE HANDS OF THE TREASURER OF HARVARD COLLEGE. Fae rately Sel) sv ioeruerd) oteahee oly ay bey >> ner’ ver, MOO, 000. OD EE es NL SS. Un esteerpeey wy Incite rn ll GSO a4 a ae ee a 8,917.57 unre Hund | ow lw kk tw we we ee 6 108,476.69 Orn 2 ww st iw we we we . 297,983.10 ES OT Ee 7,594.01 Virginia Barret Gibbs Fund. . BW remake ts ox 7,168.77 Willard Peele Hunnewell Memorial Fund Ay a OE ee 5,605.49 SE 6,897 .10 Alexander Agassiz Fund . . a RE a eee etme 5 1 Um Alexander Agassiz Expedition Fund i Pu pS eee Eg George Russell Agassiz Fund . . Cote oe Mec) a eS OO George Russell Agassiz Fund. Buctinl yn eee OS Maria Whitney and James oo Lagat Fund ‘eg yma ke 499.49 Louis Cabot Fund... . : opt = Raa ee 5,457.93 $906,000.45 The payments on account of the Museum are made by the Bursar of Harvard College, on vouchers approved by the Director. The accounts are annually examined by a committee of the Overseers. The only funds the incomes of which are restricted, the Gray, the Humboldt, the Whitney, the Louis Cabot, and the Alexander Agassiz Expedition Funds, are annually charged in an analysis of the accounts, with vouchers, to the payment of which the incomes are applicable. The income of the Gray Fund can be applied to the purchase and mainte- nance of collections, but not for salaries. The income of the Humboldt Fund (about $400.) can be applied for the benefit of one or more students of Natural History, either at the Museum, the United States Fish Commission Station at Woods Hole, the Stations at Ber- muda, or the Tortugas. The income of the Whitney Funds can be applied for the care (binding) and increase of the Whitney Library. The income of the Louis Cabot Fund can be applied to the purchase of books on travel, sport, and natural history. The Alexander Agassiz Expedition Fund was bequeathed by Alexander Agassiz for the publication of reports on collections brought together by the expeditions with which he was connected. The income of the Virginia Barret Gibbs Scholarship Fund, of the value of $325., is assigned annually with the approval of the Faculty of the Museum, 38 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE on the recommendation of the Professors of Zodlogy and of Comparative Anatomy in Harvard University, ‘‘in supporting or assisting to support one or more students who may have shown decided talents in Zoédlogy, and prefer- ably in the direction of Marine Zodlogy.”’ Applications for the tables reserved for advanced students at the Woods Hole Station should be made to the Faculty of the Museum before the Ist of May. Applicants should state their i oeer sige msn and indicate the course of study they intend to pursue. The following Publications of the Museum of Comparative Zoo logy are in preparation;— LOUIS CABOT. Immature State of the Odonata, Part IV. FE. L. MARK. Studies on J epidosteus, continued. E. L. MARK. On Arachnactis. Reports on the Results of Dredging Operations in 1877, 1878, 1879, and 1880, in charge of ALEXANDER AGassiz,.by the U. 8. Coast Survey Steamer “‘ Blake,” as follows:— A. MILNE EDWARDS and E. L. BOUVIER. The Crustacea of the “‘ Blake.”’ A. E. VERRILL. The Alcyonaria of the “ Blake.” Reports on the Results of the Expedition of 1891 of the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “‘ Alba- tross,”’ Lieutenant Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S:' N:, Commanding, in charge of ALEXANDER AGassiz, as follows:— K. BRANDT. The Sazittae. W. A. HERDMAN. The Ascidians. K. BRANDT. The Thalassicolae. S. J. HICKSON. The Antipathids. O. CARLGREN. The Actinarians. E. L. MARK. Branchiocerianthus. % eae The Nemertcans. JOHN MURRAY. ‘The Bottom Speci- mens. Laeeagrad DOHRN. The Eyes of Deep- P. SCHIEMENZ. - The Pteropods and rustacea. Helarvpods eee). The Cirtipeds. THEO. STUDER. The Alcyonarians. H. J. HANSEN. The Schizopods. : H. B. WARD. The Sipunculids. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of ALEXANDER AGassiz, on the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer, ‘‘ Albatross,’’ from August, 1899, to March, 1900,.Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., Commanding, as follows:— H. L. CLARK. The Holothurians. MARY J. RATHBUN.~ The Crustacea H. L, CLARK. The Ophiurans. Decapoda. —— The Volcanic. Rocks. G. O. SARS. The Copepods. L. STEJNEGER. The Reptiles. T. W. VAUGHAN. The Corals, Recent G. W. MULLER. The Ostracods. and Fossil. — The Coralliferous Limestones. PUBLICATIONS OF THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY AT HARVARD COLLEGE.. There have been published of the BULLETIN Vols. I. to LIV., LVL., and Vols. LVIII. to LXII.; of the Memorrs, Vols. I. to XX XVIIL., and also Vols. XL. to XLITI., XLIV. to XLVI., and Vol. XLVIII. Vols. LV., LVII. and LXIII. of the Butietin,. and Vols. XXXIX., XLIII., XLVI. and XLIX. of the Memorrs, are now in course of eablieathan The ButtetTin and Memorrs are devoted to the oibliczan of original work by the Officers of the Museum, of investigations carried on by students and others in the different Laboratories of Natural History, and of work by specialists based upon the Museum Collec- tions and Explorations. The following publications are in preparation:— Reports on the Results of Dredging Operations from 1877 to 1880, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer ‘‘Blake,” Lieut. Commander C. D. Sigsbee, U. S. N., and Commander J. R. Bartlett, U.S. N., commanding. Reports on the Results of the Expedition of 1891 of the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer “Albatross,” Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N., com- manding, in charge of Alexander Agassiz. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer ‘ Albatross,” from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., commanding. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer “‘Albatross,’”’ from October, 1904, to April, 1905, Lieut. Com- mander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. Contributions from the Zoélogical Laboratory, Professor E. L. Mark, Director. Contributions from the Geological Laboratory, Professor R. A. Daly, in charge. These publications are issued in numbers at irregular intervals. Each number of the Bulletin and of the Memoirs is sold separately. A price list of the publications of the Museum will be sent on appli- ‘ cation to the Director of the Museum of Comparative Zodlogy, Cambridge, Mass. 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