1897] A CALIFORNIAN MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION 35 
this neighbourhood represent the vertebrates in a less interesting 
way. Mr Leverett M. Loomis, curator of the California Academy 
of Sciences, tells the writer that the coast line at Monterey is 
particularly prolific ornithologically ; it includes among its common 
birds, cormorants, pelican, auklets, murres, and albatross. Among 
fishes there are several forms of especial interest. A species of 
Chimaera (Hydrolagus collie’) is plentiful in deeper water, twenty 
or more being a not unusual catch by a single boat. The hag-fish 
(Bdellostoma stouwtr) is one of the most common forms of the bay ; 
and in some localities it is so abundant that it becomes a serious 
nuisance to the fishermen. 
BASHFORD DEAN. 
CoLtumBiA University, New York Ciry, 
April 1, 1897. 
