1897] A CALIFORNIAN MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION 35 



this neighbourhood represent the vertebrates in a less interesting 

 way. Mr Leverett M. Loomis, curator of the California Academy 

 of Sciences, tells the writer that the coast line at Monterey is 

 particularly prolific ornithologically ; it includes among its common 

 birds, cormorants, pelican, auklets, murres, and albatross. Among 

 fishes there are several forms of especial interest. A species of 

 Chimacra (Hydrolagm collici) is plentiful in deeper water, twenty 

 or more being a not unusual catch by a single boat. The hag-fish 

 (Bdellostoma stouti) is one of the most common forms of the bay ; 

 and in some localities it is so abundant that it becomes a serious 

 nuisance to the fishermen. 



Bash ford Dean. 



Columbia University, New York City, 

 April 1, 1897. 



