ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 
SHIPPING JAR WITH SPECIMEN. 
The upper third of the jar contains pure oxygen. 
The freshwater fishes are exceptionally well 
represented. A splendid series of the black 
basses showing the growth by years, from the 
fingerling stage to the fourth year, is the gift of 
the Pennsylvania State Fish Commission 
through the kindness of Commissioner W. E. 
Meehan, who also contributed a good collection 
of yearling yellow perch. All of these were 
reared in the state hatcheries of Pennsylvania. 
An unusual display of albino lake trout was pre- 
sented by the New York Forest, Fish and Game 
Commission, through Dr. T. H. Bean, State 
Fish Culturist, and formerly director of the 
Aquarium. The South Side Sportsman’s Club 
has contributed a fine lot of highly colored brook 
and rainbow trout. The freshwater series has 
been still further augmented by exchange with 
the Detroit Aquarium and by local collections. 
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The local saltwater fishes have been increased 
by our own collectors. Particular mention may 
be made of the orange file-fish, (Alutera 
schoepfi), as an unusually large number of these 
weird fishes was taken during the summer. 
Some of the specimens were nearly pure orange, 
whereas in the ordinary coloration the upper 
half of the body is heavily mottled with brown. 
Forty more of the peculiar and interesting little 
sea-horses were obtained by purchase from 
Atlantic City, N. J., to add to those already on 
hand, making eighty-five on exhibit. These un- 
fish-like little creatures form such an attraction 
for visitors that two tanks are kept stocked with 
them in different parts of the building. Some 
of our present specimens have lived in the 
Aquarium more than two years. 
The exhibit of Bermuda fishes has been 
greatly increased by several shipments during 
the past summer so that they now form a most 
attractive display. 
Among the Amphibia a rather unusual feature 
is a tank of small frogs, sixteen months old from 
the egg or four months from the tadpole, which 
were reared in the Conneaut Lake Hatchery as 
a part of an experiment in frog culture, and 
presented to the Aquarium by Commissioner 
Meehan of Pennsylvania. Judging by the ap- 
pearance of these specimens the experiment bids 
fair to be eminently successful. 
The three specimens of the nearly extinct 
West Indian seal, Monachus tropicalis (Gray), 
which were received at the Aquarium June 14, 
1909, appear to be in the best of condition. The 
two younger ones have nearly doubled in size 
since they came. All three shed their coats 
during the summer and were quite ragged look- 
ing for a time, but are now as sleek as usual. 
They are fed twice a day on herring and cod, 
the smaller fishes being fed whole. 
The striped Roccus lineatus 
(Bloch), of which . fifty-five specimens were 
placed in the Aquarium May 14, 1894, are still 
represented by seven specimens. These fishes 
were approximately two years old when they 
were placed in the pool, and they are thus more 
than eighteen years old. Although they have 
been well fed all the time, they have not attained 
nearly so large a size as they are known to 
reach in the open sea, probably due to confine- 
ment in limited quarters. The largest that have 
died measured thirty-five inches and weighed 
large bass, 
