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POSTER GIVING THE LOCATION OF THE PRINCIPAL MUSEUMS OF GREATER NEW YORK. 
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Our four specimens, the largest being about 
eighteen inches in length, were obtained by ex- 
change with the Detroit Aquarium. 
A MUSEUM POSTER. 
AST spring the public museums of New 
York united in the production of a large 
poster containing information respecting 
our City museums, two of which are under the 
control of the Zoological Society. As the ac- 
companying reproduction shows, it states the lo- 
cation, hours of admission, character of exhibits 
and how to reach each museum. The six illus- 
trations and the map are in colors. 
This poster, framed, has already been located 
in universities, high schools, libraries, Y. M. C. 
A. buildings and in several railway and ferry 
houses. It is to be located in other public places 
with a view to bringing the public museums of 
the City closer to the people and to the educa- 
tional institutions, generally. 
SPAWNING OF THE WHELK. 
S an illustration of the opportunities which 
a large aquarium affords for natural his- 
tory observations, attention is called to the 
two photographs by Mr. L. B. Spencer, showing 
the spawning process of the channelled whelk, 
(Fulgur canaliculata). 
The empty shell of this large mollusk is a 
common object around the shores of Long 
Island, but the living animal is seldom seen un- 
less special search is made for it. Its range is 
from Massachusetts to Florida. Specimens are 
often brought from Gravesend Bay, north of 
Coney Island, to the Aquarium, where they may 
be seen in the exhibition tanks throughout the 
year. The dry egg-cases of the animal all con- 
nected by a ligamentous cord, are frequently 
found along the beaches, but comparatively few 
persons know what they are. Although natural- 
ists have described the manner in which the eggs. 
or rather the egg cases, are cast off under natural 
conditions, very few have had the opportunity 
of seeing the process in an aquarium and of 
recording the time actually required for its com- 
