SCIENCE 



Friday, June 25, 1909 



CONTENTS 

 The Biological Laboratory of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries at Woods Hole, Mass.: De. F. B. 



SUMNEE 983 



The Plans and Work of the George Washing- 

 ton University 987 



Presentation of a Bust of Danirin , . . 992 



Seientific Notes and News 993 



University and Educational News 996 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 



Mylostomid Dental Plates: Dr. C. R. East- 

 man. A Lawyer on the Nomenclature 

 Question: Francis N. Baloh. Personal 

 Names and Nomenclature: X. Sir William 

 Gairdner's Papers : De. C. A. Gibson 997 



Scientific Books: — 

 Dondlinger's Book of Wheat: Mark Amfeed 

 Caeleton 1000 



Botanical Notes: — 



General Notes; Recent Systematic Papers; 

 A New Lakeside Laboratory: Professor 

 Charles E. Bessey 1002 



Special Articles: — 



Sex and its Relation to the Barring Factor 



in Poultry: H. D. Goodale 1004 



The Tenth Annual Meeting of the Society of 

 American Bacteriologists: Dr. Noeman 

 MacL. Harris 1005 ■ 



Societies and Academies: — 



The Society for Experimental Biology and 

 Medicine: Dr. Eugene L. Opie 1013 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended for 

 rCTiew should be sent to the Editor of Science, Garrison-on- 

 Uuclsou, y. Y. 



THE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY OF TEE 



BUREAU OF FISHERIES AT WOODS 



HOLE, MASS. 



REPORT OF THE PAST YEAR'S WORK, AND 



ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE COMING 



SEASON 



In the spring of 1908 two of the larger 

 rooms of the laboratory were equipped for 

 chemical investigations, and during the suc- 

 ceeding summer these rooms were occupied 

 by five chemists who were engaged upon 

 various problems of organic analysis. The 

 purchase of books for the library has been 

 continued, and five new periodicals have 

 been added to the list of those which wiU 

 henceforth be received here. These are the 

 American Journal of Physiology, American 

 JourTwl of Anatomy, Journal of Experi- 

 mental Zoology, Anatomischer Anzeiger 

 and Centralblatt fiir Physiologie. A con- 

 siderable number of volumes, including the 

 back numbers of several important jour- 

 nals, were loaned for the season by the 

 library of the Bureau at Washington, and 

 it is hoped that this profitable arrange- 

 ment will be continued in the future. The 

 entire library of the Woods Hole labora- 

 tory has been transferred to glass eases, 

 and will henceforth be more eif ectively pro- 

 tected against the summer fogs. 



Thirty-one investigators were occupied 

 with various researches in marine biology 

 or biochemistry during the past season. Of 

 these eighteen received salaries from the 

 bureau, either as investigators or as scien- 

 tific assistants. In addition nine other as- 

 sistants were comprised in the laboratory 

 staff. The subjects of research were as 

 diversified as in past seasons, though prob- 

 lems of economic importance perhaps re- 

 ceived a rather larger share of attention. 



