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regions if funds could be provided to reestablish and finance the 

 central publishing bureau. The replies so far received have been 

 most gratifying, 16 out of 18 agreeing to cooperate in the resump- 

 tion of the enterprise. It is hoped and expected that the necessary 

 capital to resume publication, estimated at $75,000, can be obtained. 



NECROLOGY 

 DAVm STARR JORDAN 



David Starr Jordan, chancellor emeritus of Stanford University, 

 and associate in zoology, United States National Museum, since 1921, 

 was born January 19, 1851, and died at his home in Menlo Park, 

 Palo Alto, Calif., on September 19, 1931. Doctor Jordan became 

 interested in ichthyology in the early seventies and devoted much of 

 his time to the collection and study of fishes, to the great benefit of 

 the collections of the National Museum. With his close associates — 

 Copeland, Gilbert, Evermann, and others — and in cooperation with 

 the United States Bureau of Fisheries, Doctor Jordan collected not 

 only in the United States generally but also from Mexico to Panama 

 and in Hawaii, Japan, and elsewhere, making full reports upon 

 material collected, much of which was deposited in the division of 

 fishes of the National Museum. 



Over a period of 45 years (1878-1923) Doctor Jordan was author 

 of 57 ichthyological papers, and coauthor of nearly 200 others, pub- 

 lished in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 

 In addition he was author of two bulletins of the National Museum 

 and coauthor of three, including the monumental work on The Fishes 

 of North and Middle America, in four volumes, written in collabora- 

 tion with Dr. Barton Warren Evermann. 



JAMES WILLIAMS GIDLEY 



James Williams Gidley, assistant curator of fossil mammals in the 

 United States National Museum, was born January 7, 1866, and died 

 in Washington on September 26, 1931. Doctor Gidley's life work was 

 centered in the science of vertebrate paleontology, specializing in the 

 fossil mammalia, in which he attained great distinction. Many 

 scientific papers, largely published by the National Museum, record 

 the results of his investigations. He was particularly noted for his 

 research on the fossil horses of North America and for his studies on 

 fossil remains in the Pleistocene of Florida. Through his wide 

 knowledge of comparative anatomy he was called into frequent con- 

 sultation by students of modern mammals. Doctor Gidley entered 

 the Government service in 1905 as a member of the scientific staff of 

 the National Museum and had been associated with the paleontologi- 

 cal work of the Smithsonian Institution steadily since that time. 



