December 22, 1911] 



SCIENCE 



891 



The American Folk-Lore Society. — December 28. 

 President, Professor Henry M. Belden, University 

 of Missouri, Columbia, IVEo. ; secretary, Dr. Charles 

 Peabody, Peabody Museum, Cambridge, Mass. 



The American Psychological Association. — De 

 eember 27-29. President, Professor Carl E. Sea 

 shore, University of Iowa; secretary, W. Van 

 Dyke Bingham, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 

 N. H. 



The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psy 

 chology. — December 2S-29. President Dr. S. I 

 Franz, Government Hospital for the Insane, "Wash 

 ington, D. C. ; secretary. Professor E. M. Ogden 

 University of Tennessee, Kuoxville, Tenn. 



The American Economic Association. — Decern 

 ber 27-30. President, Professor Henry W. Far 

 nam, Yale University; secretary. Professor T. N, 

 Carver, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 



The American Statistical Association. — Decern 

 ber 27-30. President, Frederick L. Hoifman, 

 Newark, N. J.; secretary, Carroll W. Doten, 491 

 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 



The American Sociological Society. — December 

 27-30. President, Professor Franklin H. Giddings, 

 Columbia University; secretary. Professor A. A. 

 Tenney, Columbia University, New York City. 



The American Civic Alliance. — December 29. 

 President, Dr. John Franklin Crowell, 44 Broad 

 St., New York City; secretary. Dr. Gerald van 

 Casteel, 80 Wall St., New York City. 



The American Association for Labor Legisla- 

 tion. — December 28-30. President, Professor 

 Henry E. Seager, Columbia University; secretary. 

 Dr. John B. Andrews, Metropolitan Tower, New 

 York City. 



The American Home Economics Association. — 

 December 27-30. President, Miss Isabel Bevier, 

 University of Illinois; secretary, Benjamin E. 

 Andrews, Teachers College, Columbia University, 

 New York City. 



PRINCETON, N. J. 



The American Society of Naturalists. — Decem- 

 ber 28. President, Professor H. S. Jennings, 

 The Johns Hopkins University; secretary, Pro- 

 fessor Charles E. Stockard, Cornell Medical School, 

 New York City. 



The American Society of Zoologists. — December 

 27-29. President, Professor H. V. Wilson, Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina; secretary, Dr. Eaymond 

 Pearl, Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Orono, Me. 



The Association of American Anatomists. — De- 



cember 27-29. President, Professor George A. 

 Piersol, University of Pennsylvania; secretary, 

 Professor G. Carl Huber, 1330 Hill Street, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. 



NEW YORK CITY 



The American Mathematical Society. — Decem- 

 ber 27-28. President, Professor H. B. Pine, 

 Princeton University; secretary. Professor F. N. 

 Cole, 501 West 116th Street, New York City. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OP SCIENCES 

 SECTION OF BIOLOGY 



A REGULAR meeting of the Section of Biology 

 was held at the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, October 16, 1911, Chairman Frederic A. 

 Lucas presiding. The program consisted of a 

 lecture by Dr. Charles H. Townsend, director of 

 the New York Aquarium, on "The Voyage of the 

 Albatross to the Gulf of California." 



In the spring of 1911 the Albatross, under the 

 direction of Dr. Townsend, made a natural history 

 survey of the Gulf of California. Much valuable 

 information was obtained bearing on the ocean- 

 ography and the general biology of this region, 

 and especially the deep-sea forms. 



After stating that the American Museum of 

 Natural History, the New York Zoological Society, 

 the New York Botanic Museum and the United 

 States National Museum cooperated in the voyage 

 of the Albatross by special arrangement with the 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, Dr. Townsend gave a 

 general account of the work done. 



The Albatross sailed from San Diego. Twenty- 

 six hauls of the dredge were made, the deepest 

 being 1,760 fathoms. Shore work was carried on 

 at 32 anchorages around the peninsula of Lower 

 California and at islands in the gulf. Important 

 collections of mammals, birds, reptiles and plants 

 were made. A special study was made of the 

 fishery resources of the region. An interesting 

 feature of the expedition was the rediscovery of 

 the supposed extinct elephant seal (Mirounga). 

 About 100 of these animals were found at Guade- 

 loupe Island, which is uninhabited. Six yearlings 

 were sent alive to the New York Aquarium, and 

 three large males and a female were secured for 

 skins and skeletons. The males were each 16 feet 

 long. Excellent photographs were made. Among 

 the interesting forms obtained by dredging were 

 Ilarriotta and Cyema, two deep-sea fishes not 

 previously recorded from the Pacific. 



