Makrcu 8, 1901.] 
bars are present as in other fishes, extending 
from the ec-ethmoid cartilages to the otic 
capsules. The first indication of the coming 
transformation is the thinning out and dis- 
appearance of the left supra-orbital in its 
middle region just above theeye. Sections 
give evidence of the pressure exerted, since 
the eyeball is indented where it touches the 
supra-orbital. For a short time there are 
two regions of degeneration, one progress- 
ing toward the ec-ethmoid and the other 
toward the otic capsule. By the time the 
supra-orbital bar is resorbed the fish is at 
least 5 mm. long. The left eye begins to 
pass around to the right side of the animal 
through the gap prepared for it. This part 
of the process is comparatively rapid. 
After the eye shows evidence of elevation 
it may take the fish three or four days to 
assume the adult position. Nishikawa, a 
Japanese observer, described the passage of 
the eye in 24 hours in one case. Fishes of 
15 mm. in length are all transformed and 
many take the adult position at the length 
of 9mm. The twisting from left to right 
is greatest in the plane of the eyes, being 
about 120°. The brain case shows little 
asymmetry. The left nasal pit is raised 
about 30° and the anterior part of the 
ethmoid not much more. The mass of the 
ethmoid is twisted so that the left ec- 
ethmoid points directly ‘up and the right 
down—90° from their first position. The 
dorsal fin, after the passage of the eye, ex- 
tends forward as far as the middle of the 
eye. 
Bothus, the sand dab, lies on its right 
side, whereas P. americanus lies on its left. 
But by merely transposing the terms, using 
right supra-orbital instead of left, the de- 
scription just given for P. americanus will 
hold in general for Bothus. The dorsal fin 
extends to the nose ultimately in this 
species. Thesand dab is more symmetrical 
than is P. americanus. This is correlated 
withits greater free-swimming habit. The 
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flounder and the sole cling most closely to 
the bottom and are the most distorted. 
The Cardiac Gland of the Mammalian Stomach 
with Remarks on the Evolution of the Stomach 
of the Artiodactyla: R. R. BENsiEy. 
(Read by title.) 
CHas. B. DAVENPORT, 
Secretary. 
MEETING OF THE NEW YORK 
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
Tue Annual Meeting of the New York 
Academy of Sciences was held at 12 West 
31st Street on Monday, February 25th, under 
the presidency of Professor Robert S. Wood- 
ward, of Columbia University. The meet- 
ing opened with the annual reports of the 
officers for the year just closed. The Cor- 
responding Secretary reported that the 
Academy had on its list 41 Honorary Mem- 
bers and 206 Corresponding Members, and 
that five members had been lost by death 
during the past year. The report of the 
Recording Secretary was as follows: 
During the last Academy year the busi- 
ness of the Academy has progressed in the 
customary paths. The several sections 
have held their usual meetings, with ordi- 
narily the same attendance as in former 
years. The Council has held the meetings 
prescribed by the by-laws, and has accom- 
plished several important objects. On the 
whole, however, the year can not be called 
a year of progress. The accomplishments 
of the year leading to increased efficiency 
in the Academy work are first, the estab- 
lishment of a series of publication rules that 
will make the future work of the Editor, 
and the cost of publication much less than 
formerly ; secondly, the vote to establish 
a budget for the next fiscal year, within the 
limits of which each officer will be required 
to work ; thirdly, the hiring of the rooms 
of the Chemists’ Club for the meetings of 
the next year, at a greatly reduced rental, 
with accommodations equal to those which 
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