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Irving A. Field, professor of chemistry and biology, 

 Western Maryland College, conducted experiments, to 

 which allusion has already been made, with a view to test- 

 ing the food value of certain hitherto unused marine 

 animals. These were tested in respect to their pala- 

 tability and digestibility by serving them, properly 

 cooked, to numerous persons, who passed judgment on 

 the quality of the food and the effects subsequently ob- 

 served. Determinations of the chemical composition and 

 nutritive value of the materials in question were, as has 

 already been stated, undertaken by Dr. Alsberg. Vari- 

 ous methods used commercially for the preservation of 

 fisheries products (drying, salting, pickling, etc.) were 

 applied to the forms studied. Statistics relating to the 

 abundance of each species and the cost of preparing it for 

 the market were also kept, 



John H. Gerould, Ph.D., assistant professor of zoology, 

 Dartmouth College, devoted a few days to the collection 

 and study of a rare and hitherto undescribed species of 

 sipunculid. Although two dredging trips were made 

 with the Fish Hawk and the Phalarope for this express 

 purpose, but a single specimen was obtained, which, how- 

 ever, was observed in a living condition, an opportunity 

 which was regarded as of considerable value. 



Charles W. Hargitt, Ph.D., professor of zoology, Syra- 

 cuse University.— (1) A Monographic Synopsis of the 

 Anthozoa of the Region. But little systematic attention 

 has been devoted to the local representatives of this 

 group since the work of Verrill and Smith more than 

 thirty years ago. It has been the purpose of Dr. Hargitt 

 to secure as full collections as the facilities at hand 

 rendered possible, and to carefully review the group with 

 reference to the species, their distribution, habits, de- 

 velopment, etc. This work is now nearing completion so 

 far as its laboratory phase is concerned, and will soon be 

 ready for publication. At least one new species has been 



