ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



1167 



YOUNG ANTARCTIC ELEPHANT SEALS IN THE HAGENBECK COLLECTION 



Dr. George S. Hunting- 

 ton, Prosector of the Zoo- 

 logical Society, and his 

 assistant, Dr. H. von W. 

 Scliulte, of the College of 

 Pliysicians and Surgeons, 

 continue to examine and re- 

 port upon all specimens 

 other than fishes which die 

 at the Aquarium. 



One of the needs of this 

 institution is a large and 

 well equijiped laboratory 

 such as can never be afford- 

 ed in the present crowded 

 building. 



C. H. T. 



ZOOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT 

 THE AQUARIUM. 



AT the request of the United States Bureau 

 of Eisheries, the Director of the Aquar- 

 ium has j)rovided space in the Aquarium 

 laboratory for an investigator of the Bureau, 

 who will at once begin experiments witli a view 

 to determining the best and most nutritious 

 foods for fishes and young fry reared in hatch- 

 eries. Dr. S. Morgulis, a specialist in nutrition 

 research, has been engaged for the work. He 

 has made preliminary studies at the Woods 

 Hole Laboratory, but neither that laboratory 

 nor any of the otiier stations of the Bureau af- 

 ford proper facilities for such work. This is 

 an unexplored field of research and should yield 

 practical results of value not only to fish cul- 

 turists but to the Aquarium. The studies are 

 being made at the expense of the Bureau, the 

 Aquarium contributing tanks and an assistant. 



It has always been the policy of the Zoolog- 

 ical Society to encourage such investigations 

 and the small laboratory of the Aquarium has 

 often been placed at the service of biologists. 



The space available for laboratory work is 

 so limited that the Aquarium has suffered in 

 consequence. 



Dr. W. H. Bates of the College of Physi- 

 cians and Surgeons has been at the Aquarium 

 for some weeks, studying the eyes of fishes, and 

 contributes some of the results of his experi- 

 ments to this number of the Bulletin. 



Dr. G. A. MacCallum of the College of Phy- 

 sicians and Surgeons continues to examine all 

 fishes which die at the Aquarium. His reports 

 will eventually suiiply valuable information on 

 the causes of death among fishes. 



European 7mos in Wartime. — A great war 

 affects all civilization to some extent, while its 

 effects in the countries actuall}' engaged, may 

 be altogether disastrous to enterprisises of 

 world wide interest. 



As this Bulletin goes to press the news- 

 ])apers describe the sad fate which is overtak- 

 ing the famous Hagenbeck wild animal gardens 

 at Hamburg. As the supply of meat fails, the 

 herbivorous animals are being slaughtered in 

 the hope of saving, temporarily at least, the 

 more valuable carnivora. 



It is stated that many of the keepers have 

 lieen called for military service and that two 

 of the brotiiers Hagenbeck may have already lost 

 tlieir lives. 



Early in the sununer .Mr. Lorenz Hagenbeck 

 visited the New York Aciuaruim and presented 

 the photograph of young Antarctic elephant 

 seals in the great Hagenbeck collection, which 

 is published herewith. It will be interesting 

 for comparison with photographs of young 

 northern elephant seals formerly exhibited at 

 the Aquarium and published in the Bulletin 

 for May, 19 U. 



The Aquarium sup))lied Mr. Hagenbeck with 

 several species of American turtles in exchange 

 for European species, and had the promise of 

 s])ecimens of the "walking fish" (Periophthal- 

 miis) of the East Indies as soon as they could 

 be secured. 



The Hagenbeck institution is well known to 

 travellers, and is appreciated by zoological so- 

 cieties throughout the world. 



C. H. T. 



