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of these being based on original researches. Under the auspices 

 of the Club, a public lecture was given April 13, 1904, by Dr. 

 Hans Gadow, of Cambridge, England, on " Southern Mexico and 

 its Natural Historv." 



Some of the results of the work carried on at the Bermuda 

 Station during the summer of 1903 have already been handed in, 

 and three papers based on this work have been printed ; others are 

 in preparation. These papers are published in various suitable 

 journals as " Contributions from the Bermuda Biological Station 

 for Research," and are numbered in the order of their publication. 

 The three already published are : — 



No. 1. Cole, Leon J. — Pycnogonida collected at Bermuda in the 

 Summer of 1903. Proceed. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, Vol 31, 

 No. 8, pp. 315-328. pis. 20-22. July, 1904. 



No. 2. Gulick, Addison. — The Fossil Land Shells of Bermuda. Pro- 

 ceed. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1904, pp. 406-425. 3 

 maps, and pi. 36. April [June 25], 1904. 



No. 3. Bowditch, Harold. — A List of Bermudian Birds seen during 

 July and August, 1903. Amer. Naturalist, Vol. 38, No. 451- 

 452. pp. 555-563. July-August [September], 1904. 



There were fifteen persons enrolled at the Bermuda Station dur- 

 ing the summer of 1904. Of these six were, or had been, connected 

 with Harvard University. It was found that Amphioxus ex- 

 isted in abundance at many localities, and the much rarer 

 Asymmetron lucayanum Andrews was discovered for the first 

 time in Bermuda. Living specimens of both these Acraniota 

 were brought to Cambridge. 



The retrenchment which has been compelled by the present 

 condition of University finances has reduced by half the amount 

 of money appropriated by the Corporation for the expenses of the 

 Department and for the publication in the Museum Bulletin of Con- 

 tributions from the Zoological Laboratory. This will necessitate 

 the publication of a greater proportion of the Contributions in 

 other journals than has hitherto been customary. 



Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory published between 

 July 1, 1903, and June SO, 190 Jf. 



143. Parker, G. H. — The Skin and the E}-es as Receptive Organs in 

 the Reactions of Frogs to Light. Amer. Jour, of Physiol., 

 Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 28-36. September, 1903... 



