Juday—Some European Biological Stations, 1259 
that is, the improvement of the North sea fisheries, yet they are 
being conducted along broad scientific lines and so far they have 
yielded results which are very interesting and valuable from a 
purely biological standpoint. 
The various marine and fresh-water stations of Europe have 
become such important factors in biological investigations be¬ 
cause so much valuable work has been and is now being done at 
them, that a brief account of some of them may prove interesting 
to biologists. 
England. 
The Plymouth Laboratory was founded by the Marine Bio¬ 
logical Association of the United Kingdom. The present stone 
building was completed in 1888. It is located on a prominent 
bluff on a military reservation near the head of the bay and 
commands a fine view of the bay. A public aquarium occupies 
the ground floor of the main part of the building. It is 
equipped with large, well lighted aquaria in which the habits 
of the larger marine animals may be studied. The laboratory 
proper is located on the second floor, just above the aquarium. 
The main room contains 12 well lighted compartments which 
are at the disposal of investigators for a small fee. The center 
of the room is occupied by a number of small tanks which may 
be used for studying the smaller animals. The west wing of 
the building contains an apartment for the care-taker, the li¬ 
brary, the museum, and chemical, photographic, and specimen 
rooms, together with the engine room and pumps. The east 
wing contains the directors apartment, and two small working 
rooms. The laboratory staff is taking part in the North sea in¬ 
vestigations and two ships have been chartered and equipped 
with dredges, trawls, and nets for this work. The station offers 
no instructional work whatever but it offers opportunities to 
universities to conduct summer classes here. 
The Port Erin Station was established by the Liverpool Ma¬ 
rine Biology Committee which was organized in 1885, largely 
through the efforts of Dr. W. A. Herdman, who is now director 
of the station. The present laboratory is the third that has 
been built by this committee. It is a stone building pleasantly 
