60 THE NAUTILUS. 



[Contributed.] 

 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CONCHOLOGISTS. 



September 9, 1891. 



Though the usual notes have not appeared for some time in the 

 Nautilus, the work of the Association goes on. Judging from the 

 correspondence received, there has been much activity among the 

 members during the last summer and much valuable material has 

 been collected. Quite a number of new members have been enrolled, 

 and the new " List of Members," which will contain all their names, 

 will be ready not later than September 30th and probably by Sep- 

 tember 20th. If there are any new names to be proposed send them 

 to the Secretary. 



Two of our members, Chas. W. Johnson, Secretary of the Associa- 

 tion, and Wm, J. Fox, brought back with them from their Jamaica 

 trip last spring a large amount of valuable material, collected by 

 them in that island. Most of it has been presented to the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences and the Wagner Institute, Philadelphia. 



Prof. Benjamin Sharp, Corresponding Secretary of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, was a member of the Peary Expedition to 

 Greenland. He returned home on the 7th inst. 



George T. Marston, Green Bay, Wis., recently paid a visit to 

 Philadelphia and inspected the U. S. Collection, He expressed 

 himself as much pleased with its progress. He has been on vacation 

 for the benefit of his health. 



President Campbell paid a flying trip to Washington in the early 

 part of August and was the recipient of much courtesy from Profes- 

 sor Dall, of the Smithsonian Institute. Prof. Dall is up to his eyes 

 in work, and is one of the busiest of our members. A painstaking, 

 conscientious student, he does everything well and stands among 

 the foremost of living conchologists to-day. The Government is 

 fortunate in having such a man at the head of its conehological 

 work. 



Vice-President Ford has been summering along the New Jersey 

 Coast and discovered several "finds" of living Naticas, Fulgurs, 

 Solens, etc. He got tired collecting them, the specimens were so 

 numerous. There is no man in the United States, who can clean, 

 prepare and mount shells as beautifully as Mr. Ford. His private 

 collection, a labor of love for more than thirty years, is one of the 

 finest in the country. 



