Muse urn i 285 



Research on taxonomy, ecology, systematic ichthyol- 

 ogy, herpetology, carcinology and conchology. 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for visi- 

 tors. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: A new museum building 

 is under construction. There are zoological collections 

 of mammals, birds, fishes, reptiles, amphibians, in- 

 sects, shells and corals. 



SIZE OF ZOOLOGICAL STAFF: Five at professional level. 



MAJOR CURRENT ZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS AND 

 SCIENTIFIC LEADERS: 



Mammals and corals (Godofredo L. Alcasid) 

 Carcinology (Agustin F. Umali) 

 Conchology (Fernando G. Dayrit) 

 Ichthyology ( Pedro Gonzales) 

 Entomology (Romualdo Alagar) 



Royal Ontario Museum, University of Toronto 



POSTAL address: 100 Queen's Park, Toronto 5, Can- 

 ada. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1914. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Moderately complete 

 libr.iry (other facilities indicated under appropriate 

 divisions) . 



SIZE OF STAFF: Fifty at profession.U level; 50 techni- 

 cians. 



divisions OF MUSEUM DESCRIBED: (Activities include 

 aquatic biology) 



1. Department of Ichthyology and Herpetology 



2. Department of Entomology and Invertebrate 

 Zoology 



Deparliiieiit of Ichthyology and Herpetology 



EXECUTIVE officer: Dr. W. B. Scott, Curator. 



SCOPE of activities: Systematic and distributional 

 studies of fishes, principally New World. 



provisions for visiting scientists: Space for 2 visi- 

 tors; no fees charged; living quarters available nearby. 



collection: Research collection of fishes, principally 

 Canadian — ordinal representation for teaching ichthy- 

 ology ; most comprehensive identified reference collec- 

 tion of Canadian fresh-water fishes in existence. 



SIZE OF STAFF: Two at professional level; 1 technician. 



MAJOR CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS AND SCIENTIFIC 

 LEADERS: 



Systematic study of haplomous fishes (E. J. Crossman) 

 Systematic study of coregonid fishes (W. B. Scott) 

 Zoogeographic studies of Canadian fishes (E. J. 

 Crossman and W. B. Scott) 



Department of Entomology and Invertebrate Zoology 



EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Dr. G. B. Wiggins, Associate 

 Curator. 



SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES: Systematics and ecology of in- 

 vertebrates, with particular reference to insects in- 

 habiting fresh-waters. 



THE ROVAL ONTARIO MUSEUM, CANADA 



PROVISIONS FOR VISITING SCIENTISTS: Space for 2-3 

 visitors; no fees charged; living quarters available 

 nearby. 



MAJOR RESEARCH FACILITIES: Facilities for rearing 

 aquatic insects in running tap water; specialized re- 

 search and identified reference collections of Odonata 

 and Trichoptera ; general collections of variable size 

 in other groups. 



SIZE OF STAFF: One at professional level. 



major current research projects and scientific 

 leaders: 

 Systematics and ecology of Trichoptera (G. B. Wig- 

 gins) 

 Systematics and ecology of Odonata (E. M. Walker, 

 Honourary Curator) 



Smithsonian Institution, United States National 

 Museum 



postal address: Washington 25, D. C, USA. 

 EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: Mr. Frank M. Taylor, Director. 



Dr. I. E. Wallen, Assistant Director of the Museum 



of Oceanography. 



YEAR FOUNDED: 1846. 



scope of ACTIVITIES: Public education and research 

 in anthropolog}', botany, geology, and zoology. 



MAJOR RESEARCH AND TEACHING FACILITIES: Very 



extensive library (other facilities indicated under ap- 

 propriate divisions) . 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED: Btdletii! and Proceedings of the 

 U.S. National AU/seum (regularly published) 



DIVISIONS OF MUSEUM DESCRIBED: (Activities include 

 aquatic biology) 



1. Division of Fishes 



2. Division of Marine Invertebrates 



3. Division of Mollusks 



