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light and was in the act of returning the 

 animal to the water when it slipped out 

 of my hand and fell to the floor, flop !— 

 and burst! 



An interesting fact now became re- 

 vealed : the axolotl, being unable to keep 

 its head under water, had been breathing 

 atmospheric air, and the most noticeable 

 objects exposed as a result of the catas- 

 trophe were a pair of well-developed 

 lungs. I also noticed that the gills had 

 greatly diminished ; the larva was, in fact, 

 becoming a Amblystome, though surely 

 an abnormal one. (The Amblystome is 

 the adult stage, wherein the animal lives 

 on land and breathes by means of lungs.) 



The Hudson County Aquarium So- 

 ciety, of Jersey City, New Jersey, held 

 its first annual exhibition in the Museum 

 of the Jersey City Public Library on the 

 afternoons and evenings of October 5th 

 and 6th. 



The display of goldfish attracted con- 

 siderable attention, due to the large va- 

 riety and perfection of the specimens. 

 Here were the "old timers" in little 

 groups, heads together and mumbling in 

 low tones, with their eyes focused on cer- 

 tain tanks. There were forty tanks, each 

 containing from four to twenty fish. 



The section for tropical fishes was well 

 patronized, and justly, too, for here was 

 displayed the largest collection, both as 

 to species and number of specimens, that 

 has been brought together in this vicinity 

 for quite some time. Some almost for- 

 gotten fishes were in evidence. 



The exhibitors and those who other- 

 wise contributed to the success of the 

 exhibition were: Messrs. Wright, Fidell. 

 Kissel, Fanning, Amelung, Albietz, 

 Sidell, Smith, Renken, Koenig, Savage. 

 ( )bermiller, Smail, Heath, Shaw, Hedden, 

 Pyle, Krebs, Elliott and Warn. — Abridg- 

 ed from the report of G. C. Albietz, sec- 

 retary of the society. 



Statement of the Ownership, Management, 



Circulation, Etc., Required by the Act of 



Congress of August 24, 1912, of Aquatic 



Life, published monthly at Philadelphia, 



Pennsylvania, for October 1. 1918. 

 State of Pennsylvania \ . 



County of Philadelphia I 



Before me, a notary public in and for the 

 State and County aforesaid, personally ap- 

 peared W. A. Poyser, who, having been duly 

 sworn according to law, deposes and says that 

 he is the editor of Aquatic Life, and that the 

 following is, to the best of his knowledge and 

 lief, a true statement of the ownership, 

 management (and if a daily paper, the circu- 

 lation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for 

 the date shown in the above caption, required 

 by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in 

 Section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to 

 wit : 



That the names and addresses of the pub- 

 lisher, editor, managing editor, and business 

 managers are : 



Publisher — Joseph E. Bailsman, 542 East 

 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Editor— W. A. Poyser, 207 South 37th Street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Managing Editor — None. 



Business Managers — None. 



That the owners are: (Give names and ad- 

 dresses of individual owners, or, if a corpora- 

 tion, give its name and the names and ad- 

 dresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 

 per cent or more of the total amount of 

 stock.) 



— Otvners— Joseph E. Bailsman, 542 East 

 Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.; W. A. 

 Poyser, 207 South 37th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 



That the known bondholders, mortgagees 

 and other security holders owning or holding 

 1 per cent, or more of the total amount of 

 bonds, mortgages, or other securities are : 



W. A. POYSER, Editor. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th 

 day of September, 1918. 

 (Seal) Josephine V. Yeager. 



(My commission expires at the end of the 

 next session of the Senate.) 



During the winter ascertain how warm 

 — not how cold — you can keep your trop- 

 ical fishes. Cold is a big factor in re- 

 tarded growth. 



