MUSEUM NOTES (CONTINUED) 



The American Fisheries Society held its 

 forty-fourth annual meeting in Washington, 

 D. C, from September 30 to October 3, at 

 the new National Museum building. The 

 program included papers on aquatic biology, 

 parasites and diseases of fishes, utilization of 

 fisheries products, fish culture and commer- 

 cial fisheries. Mr. John T. Nichols of the 

 Museum's department of ichthyology and 

 herpetology was in attendance. 



The meeting of the International Congress 

 of Americanists, which is held biennially and 

 meets in America every fourth year and which 

 was to have taken place in Washington in 

 October, has been indefinitely postponed 

 because of the war in Europe. 



On September 7 the National Association 

 of German-American Technologists held a 

 scientific meeting in the lecture hall of the 

 Museum, where papers were read by Dr. 

 Stahl of Pittsburgh on "New Uses for 

 Hydrofluoric Acid" and by Dr. F. von ffifele 

 on "Primitive Tools and Apphances of the 

 Aboriginal Americans before the Arrival of 

 Columbus." In connection with the lec- 

 tures the mineral collection and the Indian 

 halls were visited. 



A HOST of fishes of every imaginable shape 

 and color, the largest scarcely five inches 

 in length, competed for honors at the Fifth 

 Annual Public Exhibition of the Aquarium 

 Society, held at the American Museum from 

 October 15 to 18. Fishes from the water- 

 troughs of India, fish-ponds of the Orient, 

 tepid swamps of South America and tribu- 

 taries of the Congo were there, with small 

 wild species from temperate zones and the 

 indolent domestic goldfish. Perhaps the most 

 interesting fish shown this year was a Gym- 

 notid eel from South America, doubtless the 

 first living example of this group that has 

 ever been publicly shown. 



The following lectures have been arranged 

 in the Members' com-se: November 12, 

 "From Coast to Coast Through Central 

 Africa," Mr. James Baknes; November 19, 

 "Nomadic Indians of ,the Southwest," Dr. 

 Pliny E. Goddard; December 3, "Beautiful 

 Japan," Mk. Roy C. Andrews; December 

 10, "The Fauna of Western Brazil," Col. 

 Theodore Roosevelt. 



Stories for the children of Members will 

 begin on Saturday morning, November 7, 

 with a talk by Dr. William L. Finley on 

 "Our Children and the Birds." Dr. Fred- 

 eric A. Lucas will tell of "Monsters of the 

 Past" on November 14 and this will be 

 followed by an illustrated story of "Hia- 

 watha" by Mr. Robert S. Piggott on 

 November 21st. The concluding story, 

 "Wild Animals at Home," will be given on 

 November 28 by Mr. Ernest Thompson 

 Seton. 



The following lectures, illustrated by 

 stereopticon and motion pictures, have been 

 arranged in the Children's Course: October 

 19, "Forest Trees and Their Uses," Mr. 

 George H. Sherwood; October 21, "The 

 Panama Canal," Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; 

 October 22, "Baby Birds and Their Ways," 

 Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; October 23, 

 "Hiawatha's People," Mr. Alanson Skin- 

 ner; October 26, "The Sources of Our Food 

 Supply," Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; October 28, 

 "Our South American Neighbors," Mr. 

 Charles H. Rogers; October 29, "Friends 

 and Foes in Furs," Mr. H. E. Anthony; 

 October 30, "Early Explorers of North 

 America," Miss Ann E. Thomas; November 

 2, "The Rocky Mountain Region and its 

 Products," Mr. Albert E. Butler; Novem- 

 ber 4, "The War Zone of Western Europe," 

 Miss Ann E. Thomas; November 5, "A 

 Plea for the Wild Flowers," Mr. Charles F. 

 Millspaugh; November 6, "Pioneers of the 

 West," Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; November 9, 

 "The City's Fire Department," Mr. Fred 

 H. Smyth; November 11, "The Far East," 

 Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; November 12, "Fur 

 Seals at Home," Mr. Roy C. Andrews; 

 November 13, "New York City Before the 

 Revolution," Mr. Roy W. Miner; November 

 16, "Important Industries of New York 

 State," Miss Ann E. Thomas; November 18, 

 "Mexico and Her People," Mr. Charles H. 

 Rogers; November 19, "Water Babies," 

 Mr. Roy W. Miner; November 20, "Co- 

 lonial and Revolutionary Days in New Eng- 

 land," Miss Ann E. Thomas; November 23, 

 "Wonderful Work of Water," Mr. George 

 H. Sherwood; December 2, "African Desert 

 and Jungle," Dr. G. Clyde Fisher; De- 

 cember 4, "The Growth of New York City," 

 Mr. Roy W. Miner. 



