8 Bcniicc P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



The work of Mr. Edniondson at tlic Marine Biological laboratory of 

 the University of Hawaii is briefly described as follows : 



In October a year's record of the daily plankton hauls over a known area on 

 the reef was completed and the materials collected were made available for examina- 

 tion. Studies of the embrynic stages and the life histories of reef organisms have 

 been continued. Advanced students are pursuing studies on the hermit crabs of the 

 Hawaiian islands and on the reaction of corals to extremes of temperature, to sitn- 

 light, to silt, to density of water, and to other environmental factors. Records of the 

 growth of corals planted during 1921 were tabulated and provision was made for a 

 continuation of this work until the rate of growth of as many local specimens of 

 corals as possible has been determined. Co-operating with the Department of 

 Botany of the University of Hawaii and with Miss Marie Neal as graduate student 

 of that department, a more thorough biological investigation of the reef at Waikiki 

 has been undertaken. Squares are being laid out from the shore line to the edge 

 of the reef or as far as possible, and intensive studies of plants and animals and the 

 relations of plants to animals will be made within these squares. 



The course of twelve semi-popular lectures on phases of marine zoo- 

 logy, begun in 1921, was continued. 



Kenneth P. Emory, Assistant Ethnologist, spent the first half of the 

 year in the preparation of a inanuscript on the archaeology and ethnology 

 of the island of Lanai. In connection with this work, field trips were made 

 to Kaupo and Lahaina, Maui, and to Molokai. On July 27 Mr. Emory 

 left Honolulu on a year's leave of absence to pursue graduate studies at 

 Harvard University. 



Henry W. Fowler, Ichthyologist of the Philadelphia Academy of 

 Science and Bishop Museum Fellow for 1922-1923, devoted his attention 

 to the study, identification and labeling of the Museum collection of fish, 

 which he reports as "embracing upwards of 12,000 specimens and forming 

 the most representative lot of fishes from Oceania that I know of." A 

 preliminary paper descriptive of new forms was prepared for publication 

 and progress made on a more comprehensive study. 



Before leaving for the mainland in .'\ugust, Ruth II. Greiner, Bishop 

 Museum Fellow for 1921-1922, submitted manuscript on Polynesian designs 

 which comprises an extensive study of Hawaiian. Samoan. Tongan. and 

 Maori decorative elements and comparisons with art as developed in other 

 parts of Polynesia and in selected islands of Melanesia. 



The time of E. S. Craighill Handy, Ethnologist, was given largely 

 to the preparation of manuscript resulting from his field work in the 

 Marquesas during 1920 and 1921 as a member of the Bayard Dominick 

 Expedition. At the close of the year his papers on "The native culture 



