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lege of the City of New York, assisted in the 

 work of the biological survey; likewise carried 

 on studies upon the reactions of Oonionemus. 

 (Salaried assistant.) 



Edward Mueller, assistant in American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York : Studies 

 of Hydjoids and sea-anemones. 



E. C. MullenLx, graduate student, Harvard 

 University: The caudal spinal nerves of elas- 

 mobranchs. 



Eaymond 0. Osbum, Ph.D., teacher of 

 zoology in the New York High School of Com- 

 merce: Collecting on behalf of the biological 

 survey; identification of local bryozoa. (Sal- 

 aried research assistant.) 



George H. Parker, Ph.D., professor of zool- 

 ogy. Harvard University: The hearing of the 

 ■weakfish, Cynoscion regalis. (Salaried re- 

 search assistant.) 



Herbert E. Sass, M.A., acting assistant in 

 biology. College of Charleston: Factors influ- 

 encing the distribution of littoral fauna. 



George G. Scott, M.A., instructor in natural 

 history ; College of the City of New York : Ex- 

 periments upon the regeneration of the fins of 

 fishes; experiments upon the physiology of the 

 blood of fishes. (Salaried assistant.) 



H. D. Senior, M.B., associate in anatomy, 

 Wistar Institute of Anatomy: The develop- 

 ment of the blood vascular system of the 

 teleosts. 



Michael X. Sullivan, Ph.D., instructor in 

 physiological chemistry. Brown University: 

 The physiology of the digestive tract of elas- 

 mobranchs ; the rectal gland of elasmobranchs ; 

 experiments to determine the effect of coal-tar 

 contamination upon the health of fishes. 

 (Salaried research assistant.) 



Francis B. Sumner, Ph.D., director of the 

 laboratory: Biological survey of local waters; 

 the effects upon fishes of variations in the 

 chemical and osmotic properties of the water. 



Millett T. Thompson, Ph.D., assistant pro- 

 fessor of zoology, Clark University : The mask- 

 ing habit and the food of the spider crabs. 



Lloyd P. Upton, graduate student. Brown 

 University: Physiology of nerve and muscle 

 in the dogfish. 



Gilbert van Ingen, Ph.D., assistant professor 



of geology, Princeton University: Examina- 

 tion of bottom deposits. (Salaried research 

 assistant.) 



Francis B. Sumner 

 Fisheries Laboeatobt, Woods Hole, 

 December 15, 190ft 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS 

 The second annual meeting of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Museums will be held in 

 Pittsburg, June 4r-&. The headquarters of the 

 association will be at the Hotel Schenley. 

 The first session will be held in the Carnegie 

 Museum on Tuesday, June 4, at ten o'clock. 

 A preliminary program wiU be issued about 

 May 20. Titles of papers to be presented 

 before the association should be sent as early 

 as possible to Dr. W. J. Holland, Cam^e 

 Museum, Pittsburg. All those interested in 

 the objects of the association are invited to 

 become members and to be present at the 

 meeting. Fees for dues (two dollars for 

 active members, ten dollars for sustaining 

 members) may be sent direct to the treasurer. 

 Dr. W. P. Wilson, the Philadelphia Museums, 

 Philadelphia. 



George A. Dorset, 



Secretary 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AND THE 



NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND 



THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR 



THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE 



In order to bring in closer touch the repre- 

 sentative national scientific organizations of 

 the country and the Smithsonian Institution' 

 at Washington, and to create a new channel 

 for the diffusion of knowledge, Secretary 

 Charles D. Walcott recently extended to the 

 National Academy of Sciences and to the 

 American Association for the Advancement of 

 Science an invitation to make the Smith- 

 sonian Institution their headquarters. 



The members of the National Academy of 

 Sciences, Secretary Walcott invited "to de- 

 posit their archives, records, etc., in rooms 

 provided for the purpose in the Smithsonian 

 Institution, where the secretary of the 

 academy could have access to them and at- 

 tend to such business as might be necessary 



