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aquaria, caves, breeding-pens and laboratories, 

 fully equipped for the investigations in hand. 



Graz, the capital of Steiermark, lies on both 

 banks of the Mur, in the region between the 

 eastern Alps and the Pannonian lowlands. 

 In the midst of the quaint old houses rises the 

 Schlossberg, a conical, rocky hill, which, as a 

 natural fortress, has formed a center for the 

 successive struggles of the Celts, Eomans, 

 Slavs and Germans. Napoleon had his head- 

 quarters here, but in the century of peace 

 since the French occupation Graz has devel- 

 oped into a beautiful and prosperous city of 

 170,000 inhabitants. 



The imposing new buildings of the univer- 

 sity, erected in 1890-94, in the newer quarter, 

 have an exceptional setting in a campus of 

 green lawns with shrubs and trees. Flanking 

 the main building are laboratories for physics, 

 natural history, chemistry and medicine, and 

 in the rear, the library. In the various lec- 

 ture-rooms and laboratories, the headquarters 

 and the sections of the eighth international 

 Zoological Congress were housed during the 

 meeting from August 15 to 20, 1910. Of the 

 559 members and associates given in the list 

 published August 16, 61 are Americans. 



In the mornings the general sessions were 

 held in the fine new Stephanien-saale in the 

 heart of the city. Upon the opening of the 

 congress addresses were made by President v. 

 GrafF, Count Stiirgkh, minister of culture and 

 education. Count Attems, governor of Steier- 

 mark, Dr. Franz Graff, mayor of Graz, Pro- 

 fessor Dr. Kratter, rector of the University of 

 Graz, and Professor E. Perrier, president of 

 the permanent committee of the International 

 Zoological Congress. At all times the inde- 

 fatigable president, v. Graf, won every heart 

 by his genial manner. He referred feelingly 

 to his predecessor, the lamented Agassiz, to 

 whom, in so large measure, was due the won- 

 derful success of the Boston meeting. The 

 address in memory of Anton Dohrn, by Pro- 

 fessor Boveri, was characterized by deep senti- 

 ment and eloquence, and the proposal to erect 

 in honor of Dohrn a monument near the 

 Zoological Station in Naples met with a 

 hearty approval. 



The committee on nomenclature held many 

 meetings and accomplished much work of gen- 

 eral importance. For the presentation of 

 papers there were eleven sections: I., Cytology 

 and Protozoology; II., Anatomy and Physiol- 

 ogy of the Invertebrata ; III., Anatomy and 

 Physiology of the Vertebrata; TV., Embryol- 

 ogy; v., Experimental Zoology; VI., Zoogeog- 

 raphy and Paleontology; VII., Faunistics and 

 (Ecology; VIII., Symbiosis, Parasitism and 

 Parasites; IX., General Taxonomy and Nom- 

 enclature ; X., General Physiology and Histol- 

 ogy; XL, Animal Psychology. 



In the program 139 papers and demonstra- 

 tions are listed and of these the following 33 • 

 are from American zoologists: 



R. B. Bean, " The Ear as a Morphologic Factor 

 m Racial Anatomy." 



S. S. Berry find E. L. Mark, " Luminous Organs 

 in a Cephalopod." 



R. S. Breed, " Cellular Elements in Cows' Milk." 



E. C. Case, " Recent Discoveries of Permian 

 Reptiles in Texas." 



A. H. Clark, ( 1 ) " The Recent Crinoids of the 

 Coasts of Africa," (2) " Strict Priority in Zoolog- 

 ical Nomenclature; an Appeal to the Workers." 



E. G. Conklin, "The Effects of Centrifugal 

 Force on the Polarity and Symmetry of the Egg." 



H. E. Crampton, " The Principles of Geograph- 

 ical Distribution as Demonstrated by Snails of 

 the Genus Partula Inhabiting Southeastern Poly- 

 nesia." 



C. L. Edwards, " The Idiochromosomes in 

 Ascaris." 



C. E. Eigenraann. "The Fishes of the High 

 Plateau of British Guiana." 



H. H. Field (exhibit), "Die Bibllographien des 

 Concilium Bibliographicum." 



A. I. Goldfarb, (1) "Studies on the Influence 

 of Lecithin on Growth," (2) "Studies in Non- 

 regenerating Animals — Study First, Tlie Adult 

 Frog." 



E. R. Gregory. " Observations on the Water- 

 vascular System of Echinarachtiin^ parma (Sand- 

 dollar)." 



G. S. Huntington, " Das lymphatische System 

 der Siiuger vom Standpunkt der Phylogenese." 



D. S. .Jordan, " The Natural History of the Fur 

 Seal of Bering Sea." 



W. S. Kellicott, " A Contribution to the Theory 

 of Growth." 



T. G. Lee, (1) "Demonstration of Microscopic 



