SCIENCE 



A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, PUBLISHING THE 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 



Editorial Committee : S. Newcomb, Mathematics ; B. S. "Woodwakd, Mechanics ; E. C. Pickeking, 

 Astronomy ; T. C. Mendenhall, Physics ; R. H. Thurston, Engineering ; Ira Remsen, Chemistry ; 

 Charles D. Walcott, Geology ; W. M. Davis, Physiography ; Henry F. Osborn, Paleon- 

 tology ; W. K. Brooks, C. Hart Merriam, Zoology ; S. H. Scudder, Entomology ; C. E. 

 Bessey, N. L. Britton, Botany ; C. S. Minot, Embryology, Histology ; H. P. Bow- 

 ditch, Physiology; J. S. Billings, Hygiene; William H. Welch, Pathol- 

 ogy ; J. McKeen Cattell, Psychology ; J. W. Powell, Anthropology. 



Friday, October 11, 1901. 



CONTENTS : 

 The American Associntion for the Advancement of 

 Science : — 



The Fish Fauna of Japan, with Observations on 

 the Geographical Distribution of Fishes : Pres- 

 ident DAVID Starr Jordan 545 



The Laboratory Teaching of Physiology : PRO- 

 FESSOR WILLIAM Townsend Porter 567 



Andrew Ellicott Douglass : Harlan I. Smith 570 



Scientific Books : — 

 Some Recent Worlcs on Mechanics: R. S. W. 

 Fuertes on Water Filtration Works : Professor 

 F. E. Turneaure 571 



Discussion and Correspondence: — 

 Is it not Time that the Title ^Professor of Agricul- 

 ture ' shoitld go out of Use: Frank Wm. Rane. 

 The Washington Blemorial Institution and a 

 National University: PROFESSOR J. McKeen 

 Cattell 573 



Shorter Articles : — 



Sor.ie Observations bearing on the Probable Sub- 

 sidence in Recent Times of the Island of Santa. 

 Catalina off the Coast of Southern California : 

 Professor Wm. E. Ritter. Zone of Max- 

 imum Richness in Ore Bodies: Dr. Charles R. 

 Keyes 575 



Recent Zoo-paleontology : — 



Vertebrate Paleontology at the Carnegie Museum ; 

 Discoveries in Northern Africa ; Notes on Primi- 

 tive and Fossil Birds : H. F. 578 



The British Association and the Death of President 

 McKinley 580 



Scientific Notes and News 580 



University and Educational News 583 



MSS. intended for publication and books, etc., intended 

 for review should be sent to the responsible editor, Pro- 

 fessor J. McKeen Cattell, Ga.rrison-on-Hudson, N. Y. 



THE FISR FAUNA OF JAPAN, WITH OBSER- 

 VATIONS ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL 

 DISTRIBUTION OF FISHES* 



THE JAPANESE FISH FAUNA. 



The group of islands which constitute the 

 empire of Japan is remarkable for the rich- 

 ness of its animal life. Its variety in cli- 

 matic and other conditions, its nearness 

 to the great continent of Asia and to the 

 chief center of marine life, the East In- 

 dian Islands, its relation to the warm Black 

 current or Kuro Shi wo from the south and 

 to the cold currents from the north, all tend 

 to give variety and richness to the fauna of 

 its seas. Especially is this true in the 

 group of fishes. In spite of the political 

 isolation of the Japanese Empire, this fact 

 has been long recognized and the character- 

 istic types of Japanese fishes have been well 

 known to naturalists. 



NUMBERS OF SPECIES OF JAPANESE FISHES. 



At present about 900 species of fishes are 

 known from the four great islands which 

 constitute Japan proper, Hondo, Hokkaido, 

 Kiusiu and Shikoku. About 200 others are 

 known from the volcanic islands to the 

 north and south. Of these 1,100 species, 

 about fifty belong to the fresh waters. 

 These are all closely allied to forms found 



* Address to the Section of Zoology, Denver Meet- 

 ing, 1901. 



