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SCIENCE 



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No oue can recall Dr. Eastman without 

 bringing: to mind his keen appreciation of 

 ancient literature. He read the classical texts 

 fluently, and Aristotle and Pliny had to him 

 the interest of modern authors. Perhaps he 

 knew them and their kindred better than did 

 any living paleontologist. For bibliograph- 

 ical work Eastman had ever a distinct leaning, 

 for to know what others had done in a 

 definite field was the only honest beginning of 

 any research. It was this interest which led 

 him to accept the invitation of the American 

 Museum of Natural History to undertake the 

 editorship of a bibliography of fishes which 

 the museum was engaged in publishing, and 

 it was under his supervision that the two first 

 volumes of this work apiieared — ever to lighten 

 the labors of workers in this field. 



B.\SHFORD Deax 



Homacanthus acinaciforviis ; delicatuJus. 



Homceolepis suliorbiculata. 



Janassa maxima; unijuicula. 



Lepidotus ovatus: walcotti. 



Machwra<:anthus longan'iui. 



Macrosemius dorsalis. 



Mene novce-bispanite. 



Myliobatis frangens. 



Mylostoma newherryi. 



Notagogus decoratus; minuttis; oi'natics. 



CEonoscopus clongatus. 



Onchus rectus. 



Oracantlius truingularis. 



Orodus intermt'dius. 



Palceophichth ys parvulus. 



Parafundulus nevadensis. 



Parathrissops furcatus. 



Phlyrtwna-canthus telleri. 



Phccbodus dens-7ieptuni; knightioniis. 



Photidopliorujs americanns. 



Phyllodu.s hipparionyx. 



Physonemus hamtis-piscatorius ; pandatus. 



Plaiinx inlermcdius. 



Polyrhisodu.1 gra7idis. 



Priscacara dartoni. 



Proptcrxis cnnidcns. 



Protitanichthys fossatus. 



Ptyctodiui compressiis ; ferox; panderi; predator; 



punctatus. 

 Pygceus agassizii. 

 Efiadinichihys deani. 

 Ehynchodus major; pertenuis; rostratus. 

 Sagenodus cristatus; pertenuis. 

 Sauropsis curtus; depressvs. 

 Squatina minor; occi^entalis. 

 Stethncanthus rrectus. 

 Strcblodus angustm. 

 Synecliodus clarl-ii. 

 Synthetodus caivini. 

 Tamiobatis vctnstus. 

 Undina grandis. 

 Urosphen attenuata. 



SCIENTIFIC EVENTS 



THE FOREST SERVICE IN WAR TIMES 



How the Forest Service met its war responsi- 

 bilities is the main subject discussed by its 

 chief, Henry S. Graves, in his annual report 

 to Secretary Houston, just published. The 

 war led, he asserts, to the temporary abandon- 

 ment of many of the old lines of work, the cur- 

 tailment of others, and the assumption of large 

 new dutie-s. Because of the close relation of 

 the National Forests to the economic life of 

 the country and to the production of necessi- 

 ties never before so urgently required, " their 

 continued administration along lines which 

 would prevent the breakdown of any essential 

 industry was an obvious duty." At the same 

 time the Forest Service was employing its 

 technical knowledge and equipment for the 

 furtherance of war preparations involving the 

 use of forest products, in response to the many 

 demands of the War and Navy Departments 

 and the war industries. 



There were furnished to the Army and 

 Navy 446 men, while a considerable number 

 left to serve in the War and Navy Departments 

 in a civil capacity and to take part in indus- 

 tries directly concerned in producing mater- 

 ials for war uses. Still others were forced to 

 leave the service because with the low stand- 

 ard of salaries, they were unable to meet the 

 rising cost of living. All told, 1,179 persons 

 had gone from the service prior to October 1. 

 The situation of the Forest officers, clerks and 

 others having fixed bases of salary is regarded 

 by the forester as very critical, requiring the 

 earnest consideration of Congress. 



The receipts from the National Forests were 

 slightly greater than in 1917, with a total of 

 not quite $3,600,000. The grazing business 

 produced an increase based on the land classi- 

 fication work, the area showed a slight net re- 

 duction, leaving the amount of government- 

 owned land in the forests at the close of the 

 year 155,927,568 acres. 



Kegarding the land classification the report 

 says: 



After nine years of steady sifting to aeixirate 

 from the forests such lands as should not be re- 

 tained permanently in public ownership, the task 



