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for the reports of zoological investigations. In con- 

 nection with the systematic work on mollusks, the Amer- 

 ican Journal of Conchology was established in 1865. 

 The American Naturalist was founded in 1867 by four of 

 Louis Agassiz's pupils, Hyatt, Morse, Packard and Put- 

 nam. It was later edited by Cope as a leading periodical 

 for the publication of biological papers, particularly 

 those relating to evolution, and is at present devoted to 

 evolutionary topics. It is now in the 52nd volume of its 

 new series. 



With the awakened interest in comparative anatomy 

 and embryology came the need for an American journal 

 which should supply a means of publication for the 

 reports of researches accomplished by the increasing 

 number of workers in these fields. This need was fully 

 met by the establishment of the Journal of Morphology 

 in 1887. This publication, now in its 30th volume, has 

 equalled the best European journals in the character of 

 its papers. A few years later (1891) came the Journal 

 of Comparative Neurology for the publication of investi- 

 gations relating to the morphology and physiology of the 

 nervous system and to nervous and allied phenomena in 

 all groups of organisms. Twenty-eight volumes of this 

 journal have been completed. The Zoological Bulletin 

 was started under the auspices of the Marine Biological 

 Laboratory in 1897 for the publication of papers of a less 

 extensive nature and which could be more promptly 

 issued than those in the Journal of Morphology where 

 elaborate plates were required. After two years the 

 scope of the Bulletin was enlarged to include botanical 

 and physiological subjects. The name was correspond- 

 ingly changed to the Biological Bulletin. Of this import- 

 ant periodical 33 volumes have been issued. 



For the publication of papers on human and compara- 

 tive anatomy and embryology, the American Journal of 

 Anatomy was established in 1901, and is now in its 

 twenty- third volume. 



Meanwhile the trend of zoological interest was toward 

 topics connected with the ultimate nature of biological 

 phenomena. The meaning of these phenomena could be 

 determined only by the experimental method. Researches 

 in this field became more prominent and the adequate 

 publication of the numerous papers required the estab- 

 lishment of a new journal in 1904. This was named the 



