60 THE NAUTILUS. 



FREDERICK MORTON CHAMBERLAIN. 



On August 17, 1921 Frederick Morton Chamberlain died of 

 tuberculosis in a hospital in Oakland, California. The brave 

 and sometimes hopeful fight lasted eight years. Mr. Chamber- 

 lain was associated with the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries from 

 1896 to 1913 and during the greater part of this time he held 

 one of the scientific positions on the steamer Albatross. As 

 Naturalist he accompanied that vessel on some of her note- 

 worthy cruises. Thus he helped explore the waters of Bering 

 Sea, Japan, Hawaii, the Philippines and the South Seas. 

 Thousands upon thousands of marine animals were collected 

 and prepared by him on these trips and many hundreds of 

 species have been described from his dredgings. It has been 

 said that Henry Hemphill collected more mollusks than any 

 other man who has ever lived, but if the numbers could be as- 

 certained in is likely that Chamberlain's would not be far short. 

 Unfortunately the impersonal manner in which the work of the 

 personnel of the Albatross has been recorded leaves the men who 

 do the actual collecting almost if not entirely unknown. Thus 

 some pieces of iron, riveted together into a ship and named 

 after a bird will live for centuries in the annals of science but 

 the genius which made the machinery produce the treasures of 

 the deep sea will pass to oblivion mourned only by his circle of 

 personal friends. Of the enormous number of new species of 

 mollusks, crustaceans and echinoderms collected by Mr. Cham- 

 berlain, I do not know of a single one which 1ms been dedicated 

 to his memory. Two fishes and an Alaska bird however have 

 been named for him. He was not a prolific writer and his 

 published reports deal chiefly with fishes and fishery industries. 

 All of them bear the stamp of the master workman and the 

 thorough scientist. One of them on the salmon and trout of 

 Alaska really marks an epoch in the study of these important 

 fishes. G. DALLAS HANNA. 



Museum, California Academy of Sciences. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



A REVISION OF THE AUSTRALIAN TBIDACNA. By Charles 

 Hedley. (Records Australian Museum, vol. 13, pp. 163-172, 

 pis. 27-34, 1921.) A most interesting account of the giant 

 clams. The Tridacna are divisible into two groups, the 

 smaller species that burrow and the larger ones that lie on 

 the surface. In classification the more natural place for the 

 family is next the Carditidae rather than the Cardiidge. The 



