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Studies on the reproduction and artificial j^ropagation of fresh-water mussels. 

 By George Lefevre and Winterton C. Ourtia. From Bulletin, vol. xxx, 1910, p. 

 105-202, 4 text fig., pi. vi-xvn. Document 756, issued May 10, 1912. 



The mussel fauna of the Maumee River. By Charles B. Wilson and H. Walton 

 Clark. Document 757, 72 p., 2 pi. Issued April 22, 1912. 



The mussel fauna of the Kankakee Basin. By Charles B. Wilson and 11. Walton 

 Clark. Document 758, 52 p., 1 pi., 1 chart, issued March 19, 1912. 



The mussels of tlie Big Buffalo Fork of White River, Arkansas. By Seth E. Meek 

 and H. Walton Clark. Document 759, 20 p., issued March 19, 1912. 



Tlio Bryozoa of the Woods Hole region. By Raymond C. Osburn. From Bulletin, 

 vol. xxx, 1910, p. 203-266, pi. xvm-xxxi. Document 760, issued June 25, 1912. 



There have been 535 additions to the main library during 1912, of 

 which 405 were acqim*ed by gift, 115 by purchase, and 15 by transfer 

 from the Library of Congress. The additions to the working collec- 

 tions of books at the biological stations at Woods Hole and Fau'port 

 number 280 and 200, respectively. Satisfactory progress has been 

 made m cataloguing and m recatalogumg, cards for all documents 

 that have appeared m the Bulletin of the Bureau being about com- 

 pleted. As these cards, printed by the Library of Congress, are 

 analytical, they will be valuable not only m the various libraries of 

 the Bureau but in all libraries m which its publications are deposited. 



LNTRODUCTIOX OF REINDEER ON SEAL ISLANDS. 



An interestmg experiment which has proved highly successful 

 was the mtroduction of reindeer on the Pribilof Islands, where these 

 animals, it was believed, could become an important factor m the 

 natives' econom}^, furnishmg milk, meat, and hides and being useful 

 also as burden carriers. With the aid of the Department of the 

 Interior, through the Bureau of Education, 40 reindeer were secured 

 and taken to the islands by revenue cutter in August, 1911, 25 being 

 landed on St. Paul and 15 on St. George. The supply of remdeer 

 moss and other food was adequate, and the herd passed through the 

 winter in excellent condition. Twenty-eight health}^ fawns were 

 born in the spring, and it is believed that from the present nucleus 

 a considerable herd of reindeer will become a permanent addition 

 to the island resources. 



FISHERY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE FOR PACIFIC COAST. 



The Bureau has for many years maintained at Boston and Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., the two principal fishing ports on the northern Atlantic 

 coast, a service for collecting and dillusing mformation regardinjO' 

 the extent and condition of the vessel fisheries centermg there. In 

 compHance with the recommendations of the Bureau, Congress has 

 authorized a similar service for Seattle, the prmcipal fishing port ^n 

 the Pacific seaboard, by providing for a local agent. Steps ha\;e 

 been taken to institute this service, but difficulty in securicg a 

 properly qualified man has delayed the inaugura tiop of the work 



