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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



Br partmrnta ; 

 Mammals Aquarium 



W. T. HoRVADlV. C. H. TOWNSESD. 



Raymosd C. Osburs. 



Birds 

 C. William Beebe 

 Leb S. Crandall. 



Reptiles 

 Raymond L. Ditma 



Publisheil Iti-nionlhly at the Office of the Society. 

 11 Wall Street, New York City. 



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Copvrigltt, I91i. bj/ the \ew York Zoological SocietP' 



Each author is responsible for the scientific accuracy 



and the proof reading of his contribution. 



Elwin R. Sanborn, 



Editor and Official I'hotosraphcr 



Vol. XXII. No. (i 



N()\'F,.MBF,1{, 1911. 



A NEW SPECIES OE ANGEL-l'ISH, 



Under the title "A New Aiigel-r'i.>ih i^Aiigel- 

 ichthi/s tuwnsendi) from Key AVest" a descriii- 

 tion of this new .species has recently been pub- 

 lished by Mr. John T. Nichols of the American 

 Museum of Natural History and Mr, L. L, 

 Mowbray of the New York Aquarium (Bull, 

 Am, Mus, Nat, Hist,, vol, 33, article 37, pp. 

 581-583, Oct. 8, 1914), The specific name is 

 proposed "in appreciation of the untiring ef- 

 forts of Dr, Chas, H. Townsend, Director of 

 the Aquarium, to show beautiful coral-reef fish- 

 es to the public," 



The species was first noticed when a single 

 specimen was brought to the Acjuarium from 

 Key West in June, 1914, This fish lived only s 

 couple of weeks, but later two more were 

 brought from the same locality, one of which 

 is still on exhibition. Only two other species 

 of this genus have hitherto been known from 

 the West Indies and Florida and a third from 

 the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean. 



Messrs, Nichols and Mowbray also called at- 

 tention in this same paper to the fact that the 

 common blue angel-fish of Bermuda and Florida 

 has long been wrongly identified as A. cUiaris, 



whereas it should be A. habcllita i, ciliaris 



does not occur at Bermuda and is .apparently 

 rare in Florida waters as only three specimens 

 have appeared in our collections from that re- 

 gion. It is not to be wondered at that the sjiecies 

 have been confused, and this new species has so 

 long remained unnoticed, for tiiere is a great 

 amount of variation in both form and coloration 

 in specimens of different ages, but Nichols and 

 Mowbray have had smaller and larger speci- 

 mens of all three species for comparison. .Vil 

 past notices of angel-fishes at tiic .Vtiiiariuni 

 should be referred to A. isahfUita. 



R. C. O. 



I.OC.M. AQUARIUM SOCIETIES. 



The aquarium societies of New York and 

 Brooklyn, which draw their membership chief- 

 ly from among those who arc interested in the 

 small household aquarium and its inhabitants, 

 continue to thrive, if one ma_v judge from their 

 activities. The Brooklyn society recently held 

 its annual exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, 

 .Sei)teinber 2.5 to 27, and the display of beauti- 

 ful and interesting small aquarium fishes to- 

 gether with other aquatic animals attracted much 

 attention. The New York Aquarium exhibited 

 a balanced salt water aquarium, stocked with 

 sea-anemones and other marine forms. 



The New York Society will hold its annual 

 exhibition at the American Museum of Natural 

 History, October 15 to 18, and considerably 

 more than a hundred entries have been made. 



These exhibitions always draw large numbers 

 of visitors, the greater ])ortioii of whom are not 

 mere sight-seers but are interested in the dis- 

 plays of aquatic life. The most remarkable 

 feature about these exhibitions is the large num- 

 ber of small exotic fishes from all parts of the 

 world, but mostly from the tropics, that are to 

 be seen in the collections of private fish fan- 

 ciers. The half-moon fish, from the upper Am- 

 azon, which was so rare a couple of years ago 

 that $'50 was no unusual price for a pair of 

 these fishes, is now not uncommon in ])rivate 

 aquaria, and was well represented at the re- 

 cent show of the Brooklyn society, ^lany of 

 these fanciers are also expert breeders of the 

 goldfish in its many varieties and highly bred 

 fishes often compete closelv for the premiums. 

 " R. C. O, 



BELMONT PARK PLANTS, 



Tile Zoological .'society li.is cmne into tenta- 

 tive jmssession of .i iimnher of r.ire and costly 

 palms and other jjlants, through the courtesy 

 of the President. Treasurer, .ind Directors of 

 the Turf and Field Club. This celebr.ited col- 

 lection of plants has been removed from "Oat- 

 lands," the old Manice manor house. Queens, 

 Long Island, and placed on dejjosit at the 

 Zoological P.irk. Madison Orant, Esq,, one of 

 the (jovernors of the Club, wiiose mother is the 

 last of the older generation of the Manice fam- 

 ilv. secured the collection for the .Societv, 



BOARD OF MANAGERS, 



M a meeting of the Executive Committee held 

 1)11 October 1. Mr. Henry M. Tilford was eleet- 

 I'd a member of the Board of Managers, class 

 iif 1915, to fill the vacancy caused bv the death 

 i)f the Lite Mr. John T,. C.idwalader. 



