20 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
The identification of the first-mentioned group of organisms was undertaken by 
Dr. Osburn, who, asa result, has been led to the preparation of a synopsis of the Bryozoa of 
this section of our coast. Dr. Osburn likewise disposed of the isopods collected by us after 
the first season’s work. The pycnogonids and a large proportion of the amphipods from 
our dredgings were identified by Dr. Cole, while Dr. Sumner has given considerable time 
to an examination of the barnacles of the survey. The study of the Foraminifera, 
Porifera, and Ostracoda was first undertaken by Dr. Cushman, while employed as a 
salaried assistant in the Woods Hole Laboratory during the progress of the survey. In 
respect to the second-named group, his identifications are admittedly somewhat tentative. 
The determination of the marine alge was carried out by Prof. B. M. Davis and Miss 
Lillian MacRae, one or both of whom accompanied nearly every dredging expedition 
belonging to the regular series. Doubtful cases were referred to Mr. F. S. Collins, to 
whom our thanks are likewise due in this place. 
Various types of printed cards and other blank forms have been employed in the 
course of this work. (1) A large sheet 1214 by 16 inches, of which an incomplete repro- 
duction appears below. Upon this were transcribed the original dredging records, made 
in the field and in the laboratory.“ The array of species for each station was here given, 
together with various relevant notes. 
This form was drawn up and adopted before the commencement of the dredging 
operations and before the requirements were definitely known. Experience has very 
naturally suggested changes. The columns headed ‘‘Sexual condition,” ‘“Age or size,” and 
‘Special habitat’”’ might better be dispensed with, since such data can only be properly 
recorded for each dredge haul separately, and the column headed ‘‘Total”’ is likewise of 
no use. Furthermore, there should have been ten columns instead of five devoted to 
dredging stations, since more than five dredge hauls were commonly made during a 
single day’s work. It might also be worth while, in another edition of these sheets for 
local use, to print the names of the species which occur most frequently in the lists. 
COLLECTING RECORD.?® 
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| Remarks. 
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haul, etc. | | 
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; and mins. 
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ture, surface. 
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ture, bottom. 
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Species. Semele ohana | | Total. perl Remarks. 
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a The copying of these records was largely the work of Messrs. D. W. Davis and Max Morse. 
6 In the form actually used there was space for a large number of species. 
