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assembled as described. ‘There were ap- 
proximately 250 young, and it required 
less than ten minutes to move them to 
a new location 18 inches away. On one 
occasion, having moved half of the fam- 
ily from the centre of the tank to a leaf 
close to the side nearest the observer, 
they, as we approached, apparently de- 
cided that the new location was unsafe, 
for immediately the youngsters were car- 
ried back to the old place. 
In five days, seemingly without nour- 
ishment other than that furnished by the 
yolk-sac, the fry had doubled in size. 
On the sixth day they had begun to 
swarm about, keeping the parents busy as 
bees to prevent them from scattering. 
Stragglers would be picked up in the 
mouth of a parent and expelled back into 
the school. That night they were again 
assembled in a cluster. This putting to 
rest, as it were, was followed for two 
weeks. After this the youngsters disre- 
garded parental restrictions and moved 
about at will, still, however, zealously 
guarded against harm. 
How strong the parental instinct may 
be was well illustrated by a pair in the 
possession of Mr. Dwight Winter, of 
Pittsburgh, Pa. These mated and reared 
a family in a large community tank, yet 
they successfully guarded their offspring 
against all attacks. 
When my young were three weeks old 
I removed the parents. The babies are 
quite robust, resembling in this particu- 
lar, as well as in appearance, the young 
of the Chanchito. The care and feeding 
is identical, and was covered by Mr. 
Winter in his paper in the July number. 
(Mr. Winter writes that his tank holds 
about 180 gallons, and contained at the 
time mentioned 4 Fundulus chrysotus, 3 
Gambusia holbrooki, 8 Lebistes reticu- 
latus, 2 Phalloptychus januarius, 30 Mol- 
lemsia latipinna, 8 Platypoecilus macu- 
latus, 20 Xiphophorus helleri, 20 Poe- 
ccilia sp, incert., the breeding pair of 
Acara and one odd male. On June 13th, 
the young Acara measured from three- 
fourths to an inch long, and were still 
in the original tank, where Mr. Winter 
intends to keep them until they are much 
larger —Editor. ) 
se sa 
In the death of Rudolph Gallattovitz, 
on July 23d, the Aquarium Society, New 
York, lost an active and popular mem- 
ber. ‘The remains were interred in St. 
Michael’s Cemetery, Long Island. 
Mr. Gallattovitz’s son, Raymond, who 
recently received an honorable discharge 
from the U. S. Army, has become a mem- 
ber. While he was stationed at San 
Antonio, Texas, he made a goodly col- 
lection of snakes, turtles, horned toads 
and other lizards—Huco C. NELLEs, 
Chairman Press Committee. 
—— 
At the annual meeting of the Milwau- 
kee Aquarium Society, the following offi- 
cers were elected: President, Liborius 
Vice-president, Alfred H. 
Schroeder ; Treasurer, George J. C. Stef- 
fen; Recording Secretary, W. R. White; 
Corresponding Secretary, Arthur Simon; 
Custodian, Edwin F. Kieckhefer; Libra- 
rian, Jacob Merget; Directors, Max 
Jaehnert and Dr. R. G. Washburn. 
The members of the Chicago Society 
Aquatic Life recently visited Milwaukee. 
and apparently found much to interest 
them in our _ collections—ARTHUR 
SIMON, Corresponding Secretary. 
Semmann: 
—— 
First autumn meeting of the Philadel- 
phia Goldfish Fanciers’ Society, Saull’s 
Hall, 804 Girard avenue, September 18th. 
General “get together” and annual auc- 
tion of fishes. Bring a few good ones 
and a little “spare change.” Public in- 
vited. 
