Marine Biology on the Pacific Coast 



Our northernmost is the Pacific Coast Biological 

 Station of Canada, Dr. C. McLean Fraser, Nanaimo, 

 B. C, Director; located on the north shore of De- 

 parture Bay, three miles from Nanaimo, B. C, and 

 reached in two hours by boat from Vancouver, or 

 in three hours by train from Victoria. The station 

 is open throughout the year and is centrally located 

 for ichthyological investigations. 



The State University of Washington maintains 

 the Puget Sound Marine Station (PI. XVI) , Professor 

 T. C. l^rye, Seattle, Director; at Friday Harbor. It 

 can be reached by the Steamer Rosalie thrice 

 weekly from Seattle, or by the launch City of Ana- 

 cortes daily from Anacortes and Bellingham. It 

 is open during the summer for instruction and 

 research. 



The aquarium of the Bureau of Fisheries at the 

 Exposition has an exhibit of food fishes, and the 

 aquarium in the Hawaiian building is remarkable 

 for the beauty of the coloring of fishes of the coral 

 reefs brought here from the world-famous aquarium 

 maintained in Honolulu. The flashing colors of 

 red, blue, yellow and black, the marvelous blend- 

 ing, spotting, barring and striping of the color 

 patterns, the strange and grotesque forms, and the 

 ease and grace of the incessant movements of these 

 fish are revelations in a world new to most lovers 

 of nature. 



The Marine Laboratory of Stanford University, 

 Professor C. H. Gilbert, Stanford University, Di- 

 rector, is located at Pacific Grove, an attractive 

 seaside resort reached by street car from Monterey. 

 The building is equipped with rooms for research, 

 running water for aquaria, and is also opened in 

 summer for class instruction. 



The Herzstein Research Laboratory of the Uni- 

 versity of California, at New Monterey, Professor 

 S. S. Maxwell, Berkeley, Director, has been made 

 famous by Professor Jacques Loeb's researches in 

 physiology. It is located near the waterfront on 

 the car line between Monterey and Pacific Beach 

 and olfers facilities for a limited number of in- 

 vestigators in certain lines of biological research. 



The Laguna Marine Laboratory, of which Pro- 

 fessor W. A. Hilton of Pomona College, Claremont, 

 is director, is located at Laguna Beach, about 50 

 miles southwest of Los Angeles, and is reached by 

 stage (20 miles) from Santa Ana. 



The Venice Aquarium is reached by electric cars 

 from Los Angeles. The University of Southern 

 California maintains a laboratory. Professor A. B. 

 Ulrey, Los Angeles, Director, in rooms adjacent to 



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