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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 lacei^tina) from Louisiana. 



Capt. Chapman Grant, U. S. A., sent to the Aquarium from 

 California a specimen of the large crayfish {Astacns) 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 crayfishies 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 aqiiila), 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 



