354 Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin 



COOPERATION WITH UNITED STATES BUREAU OF 

 FISHERIES 



The Roosevelt Station has consistently endeavored to cooperate 

 with other agencies engaged in wild life research. This has been 

 the continuation of a policy adopted by the College in 1915 when it 

 began the investigation of the fishery problems of Oneida Lake. 

 In 1917 a beginning was made, with the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries, on a study of the fish parasites in that lake. This coop- 

 eration was made possible, to an important degree, by the broad- 

 minded policy and active interest of Dr. Robert E. Coker, at that 

 time in charge of the Division of Scientific Inquiry of the Bureau, 

 and now at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It 

 resulted in Dr. H. S. Pratt's paper, on "Parasites of Fresh-Water 

 Fishes" (U. S. Bur. Fisheries Econ. Cir. No. 42, pp. 1-8, 1919), 

 and his " Preliminary Report on the Parasitic Worms of Oneida 

 Lake, New York," and Dr. H. J. Van Cleave's " Acanthocephala 

 froin the Fishes of Oneida Lake, New York," both published in a 

 preceding number of this Bidletin. While the Roosevelt Station 

 was conducting investigations in the Palisades Interstate Park, on 

 the Hudson River, in cooperation with its Commissioners, the 

 Bureau of Fisheries again cooperated and the resultant publications 

 were two papers by Dr. J. Percy Moore, one on the " Use of 

 Fishes for Control of Mosquitoes in Northern Fresh Waters of 

 the United States" (U. S. Bur. Fisheries, Ann. Report for 1922, 

 Appendix, pp. 1-60. Doc. No. 923, 1922), and the other on " The 

 Control of Blood-sucking Leeches, zvith an Account of the Leeches 

 of Palisades Interstate Park," also published in an earlier num- 

 ber of this Bulletin. Still another result of this work has already 

 appeared as "A Preliminary Report on a Fish Cidtural Policy for 

 the Palisades Interstate Park," by Charles C. Adams, T. L. Hank- 

 inson and W. C. Kendall (Trans. Amer. Fisheries Soc, Vol. 48, 

 pp. 193-204, 1919). In this particular study. Dr. W. C. Kendall 

 represented the Bureau of Fisheries. It is anticipated that similar 

 cooperation will be continued in the future. 



A NOTABLE GIFT TO THE STATION 



Early in June, 1923, the Roosevelt Station received a valuable 

 gift in the form of an exhibit, showing in fourteen stages the 

 preparation of Hudson seal or seal-dyed muskrat, from the raw 

 skin as received from the trappers, to the fully dyed fur. This 

 exhibit is enclosed in a polished mahogany case twenty feet long, 

 with plate glass front, and with electrical illumination. The whole 

 exhibit is beautifully executed, and is both very attractive and 

 instructive. This gift was made by A. Hollander & Son, of Newark, 

 New Jersey, the leading dyers of this fur, and through the friendly 

 services of Mr. Max Herskovitz, of Alfred Herskovitz & Son, 

 New York City. The gift is greatly appreciated because, from the 

 inception of the Roosevelt Station, plans for the study of fur bear- 

 ing animals have been included in its program, and such an exhibit 

 is a very valuable addition to its equipment. New York City is 



