270 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The proposed new Biological Station. — A meeting of the Marine 

 Biological Association of the United Kingdom was held at Burlington 

 House on June 17th, to elect a President and Officers, and frame Bye-Laws. 

 This Society has been founded " for the purpose of establishing and main- 

 taining laboratories on the coast of the United Kingdom, where accurate 

 researches may be carried on leading to the improvement of zoological and 

 i>otanical science, and to an increase of our knowledge as regards the food, 

 life-conditions, and habits of British food-fishes and mollusUs." Sub- 

 scriptions and donations have at present been received amounting to about 

 £1500 ; the sum required by the Association for the purpose of building 

 and equipping its first laboratory is estimated at £10,000. At the 

 meeting lately held a code of Bye-Laws was drawn up, and the following 

 noblemen and gentlemen were elected to serve as President, Vice- 

 Presidents, Council, Hon. Treasurer, and Hon. Secretary, namely: — 

 President, Prof. Hu.xley; Vice-Presidents, the Duke of Argyll, K.G., the 

 Duke of Sutherland, K.T., the Earl of Dalhousic, K.T., Lord Walsingham, 

 Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., Mr. Edward Birkbeck, M.P., Mr. George 

 Busk, F.R.S., Dr. W. B. Carpenter, F.H.S., Prof. W. H. Flower, F.ll.S., 

 Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. ; Council, Prof. Moseley, F.R.S., Mr. \V. S. 

 Caine, M.P., Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, F.R.S., Prof. Jeffrey Bell, F.Z.S., 

 Dr. John Evans, Treasurer R.S., Prof. Herdman, Mr. E. W. H. Holdsworth, 

 Dr.A. Gunther, F.R.S., Prof. Mcintosh, Prof. Milnes Marshall, Sir PhiUip 

 C. Owen, K.C.M.G., C.B., Mr. G. J. Romanes, F.R.S , Mr. P. L. Sclater, 

 F.R.S. , Mr. Adam Sedgwick; Hon. Tre<tsurer, .Mr. Frank Crisp, V.-P. 

 Linn. Soc, 6, Old Jewry, E.G. ; Hon. Secretary, Prof. E. Ray Lankester, 

 F.R.S., 11, Wellington Mansions, North Bank, N.W., to whom all com- 

 raunications may be addressed. 



An Austrian Game Bag. — An official report, published by the 

 Administration of Woods and Forests, states that there were killed last 

 season in Austria proper, as distinguished from Hungary, G550 Stags, 

 2244 Hinds, 44,485 Roebuck, 0116 Chamois, 2372 Wild Boar, 1,025,808 

 Hares, 9103 Woodhens (Black Grouse), 4075 Bartavelles (Red-legged 

 Partridges), 89,209 Pheasants, 789,883 Partridges, 80,032 Quails, 23,083 

 Woodcock, 17,005 Snipe, 760 Wild Geese, and 43,908 Wild Duck. The 

 return also includes 20 Bears (fifteen killed in Gallicia, six in the Tyrol, 

 three in Bukovina, and two in Carniola), 123 Wolves, 52 Lynxes, 21,462 

 Fo.xes, 702 Martens, 15,577 Polecats, 764 Otters, 2447 Badgers, 486 

 Eagles, and 91,L3-2 Hawks and other birds of prey. 



