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of leather. Two companies are now tanning them 

 and are in the market for large quantities of raw hides 

 and two others are perfecting tanning processes and 

 preparing to engage in the industry. Fishermen who 

 have not known that these products have a value are 

 being advised as to the proper methods for removing 

 the skins and curing and boxing them for shipment. 

 Those collecting this material are furnished informa- 

 tion as to where it may be marketed. The Bureau of 

 Standards will test the tanned skins as to tensile 

 strength and wearing qualities and later manufac- 

 turers of leather goods will be encouraged to experi- 

 ment with the finished product to ascertain to what 

 uses it is best adapted. Thus it is hoped that an 

 economic loss will be turned into a profit. 



ON CERTAIN CONGO REPTILES. Herbert 

 Lang. (No abstract.) 



FISHERY WORK IN THE TROPICS. Alvin 

 Seale. (No abstract.) 



SOME REMARKS ON THE HISTORY OF THE 

 HERPETOLOGICAL COLLECTION OF THE ACA- 

 DEMY OF NATURAY SCIENCES OF PHILADEL- 

 PHIA. Dr. Witmer Stone. (No abstract.) 



NEW GENERA OF DEEP-WATER GUR- 

 NARDS (Peristidiidae). Dr. Hugh M. Smith. (No 

 abstract.) These results will probably appear in the 

 Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 



BREEDING HABITS OF Amby stoma opacum. 

 G. P. Engelhardt. (No abstract.) 



THE CAPELIN (Mallotus villosus), WITH 

 NOTES ON ITS OCCURRENCE ON THE COAST 

 OF MAINE. Dr. William C. Kendall. 



Recently the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, 

 D. C, received for identification three specimens of 

 fish unrecognized by fishermen in the locality where 

 they were taken. Recognizing that they constituted 

 a new record for the coast of Maine, information sup- 

 plied by Mr. H. M. Loomis, Director of the Office of 

 Sardine Inspection, follows : "Last fall these fish had 

 been noted from time to time during October and 

 November with receipts of herring, but they did not 

 appear in any great quantity with the 'herring' until 

 the latter part of November, or from the 26th to 30th. 



