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has not heretofore attempted the transportation of fresh-water 
fishes by sea. The forty-two specimens shipped were carried in 
seven wooden tanks, eight feet long. As the supply of fresh water 
on board ship was limited, the water could not be changed except 
for small additions. It was, however, constantly aerated by 
means of a small steam-driven air compressor with air pipes 
leading to each tank. Only two of the gars were lost during the 
voyage, a good illustration of the hardiness of this species. The 
fishes were captured ten days before shipment and were on 
board the steamer eleven days more. An attempt was made to 
feed the fishes a week after their capture, but all food was re- 
fused. The specimens varied in size from two to four feet, the 
smaller sizes predominating. The experiment was of interest as 
showing that fresh-water fishes can be transported by this 
method, especially when tanks of large size are used to insure a 
plentiful supply of water. 
Mr. Whiton also presented a sixty-six pound alligator snap- 
ping turtle ( Macrochelys lacertina) from Louisiana. 
Capt. Chapman Grant, U. S. A., sent to the Aquarium from 
California a specimen of the large crayfish (Astacus) found in 
the Columbia River and its tributaries. It was forwarded by 
mail in a pasteboard box, in wrappings of damp paper, reaching 
the Aquarium alive. Later he brought three more in person, 
these specimens also being packed in damp paper. This experi- 
ment in transporting crayfishes without water is of decided in- 
terest. The Astacus of the Columbia River averages twice the 
size of ordinary American crayfishes and has long been shipped 
from Oregon to the markets of San Francisco. 
Capt. Grant also presented seventeen red-bellied salamanders 
(Diemyctylus torosus) which were sent from California by mail 
in damp moss, fifteen of them reaching New York alive. 
Mrs. Estella Kahn of New York presented an important 
anatomical model of the maigre (Sciaena aquila), about five feet 
in length, mounted in a glass case. The maigre is a marine food 
fish of European waters. 
Two young harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) captured in Maine, 
were purchased in July and are of much interest to visitors. 
The New York Conservation Commission presented twenty- 
four lake trout, half of which were albinos with pink eyes. The 
specimens averaged about ten inches in length. These fishes 
