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Paradise Fish, Macropodus viridi-auratus, Three Days Old Photomicrographs by Carl L. Hartshorn
The
aquarist has
more than one
rea-
son to wish to be the owner of a microscope.
The miniature Hfe-community,
confined within the limits of tank, again
and again presents
his
to
glass
him
not infrequently contrary to his desired
aim
— revelations
of
the
it
in the
other plants,
or in the
or
dark green or
In feeding his fishes with Daph-
and Cyclops, caring
in
microscope er,
is
in
for
hunting for Hydra,
his
aquatic plants,
a
and teach-
a valuable aid
increasing the enjoyment in his pas-
time a hundredfold.
Every aquarium
microscopic
form of a green covering on the sides of his aquarium threatening its transparency, a mass of fine green algae weaving a network among his ValUsneria, Sagiftaria and world, be
ways. iiia
is
source of microscopic
harbors a
life
microscopic
rich
One never
flora.
an inexhaustible
fails
and always fauna and
to find the dia-
toms, which have been called the "jewels of
of
the plant world," as well as
the
desmids,
graceful
some
unicellular
brownish colored covering of the sand of his old tanks, which may suggest to
bright-green algae, of which Closterium,
him a cleaning and a rearrangement. But apart from this disturbing interfer-
quent kinds
Scencdesmus and Pcdiastrum. the
ence, the influence of the invisible "mi-
a
crocosmos"
is
apparent in
many
other
and
Cosjiiariutn
relative
;
of
Micrasterias
also the tiny
the
are
fre-
and beautiful
peculiar
latter
water-net,
H\drodictyon, will seldom be missing,
— 50
^aquatic Jiitt
nor some representatives of the Oscillatoriaceae,
whose pecuHar wavy motion
gether anywhere in
never look
in
vain,
nature. for
One
has not yet been satisfactorily explained.
Paramecium and Chilodon, and
The
latter,
generally massed into skin-
interesting
like
layers,
may
infusorians,
be seen even with a
magnification as low as 80 to 100 diameters,
and with the diatoms and desmids
which
is
a "white
fact
that
the
will
instance,
largest
for
is
it
of
an all
amhiguum, the naked eye as
Spirostomum
even visible to
worm"
of a length of about one
f
,^
Actinoptyxhus heliopelta, a marine diatom. 2. Closterium, a desmid, from the side of an 3. Micrasterias, a desmid. 4. Spirogyra, a filamentous algae, L. Hartshorn). in conjugation (Charles AI. Breder, Jr.). 5. Pediastrum pertusum. Triceratium favus, 6. a marine diatom. 7. A portion of the radula or tongue of a snail. 8. A scale of the mouthbreeder, Haplochromis strigigena (Charles M. Breder, Jr.). 9. Bacteria, Bacillus subtilis, from an aquarium. 10. Filamentous desmids and diatoms. 11. Diatoms. Isthmia sp., on Alicrocladia Coulteri, a seaweed. Photomicrographs by Charles P. Titus except as otherwise 1.
aquarium (Carl
noted.
they
form, as "crawling plants," some
millimeter,
is
most
easily obtainable
from Then
of the most interesting forms of micro-
almost any permanent aquarium.
scopic
there are almost always present during
One
life.
will
never
fail
to
find
in
an
aquarium many of the lively infusorians; many an old aquarium will furnish a larger variety than may be found to-
the
summer months, appearing
like
a
fungous growth on plants, the charming Vorticella, showing under the white
microscope one of the wonders of
life
aquatic Utte the reaction of the Hving cell in response stimuli,
to
"muscle"
spiral
contraction
the
in
the thread-like stalk
in
or pedicle by which the animal
ed to plants,
Amoeba
etc.
the
of
inhabitants of the
is
fasten-
are frequent
surface of the
mud
covering the bottom, and through a study
them the fundamental
of
These minto remove
be better understood.
will
of life
facts
forms are not difificult from an aquarium for examination with
ute
a long pipette, without otherwise disturb-
ing the whole. ever,
to
not so easy, how-
It is
catch
the
larger
or
rotifers
5i
while one of the most interesting phenomena, the flow or circulation of pro-
toplasm within the served in Char a,
can easily be ob-
cell,
Nitella,
Vallisneria,
All root ends of plants are provided with a sort of protective cap (calyptra), etc.
which
is
nowhere more
plainly to be seen
than on the rootlets of Lemna.
And
by
the way, those not informed often er-
roneously regard the roots of stalks of the floating leaf,
Lemna
which
is
as
really
not a leaf. As a matter of fact Lemna have no leaves, but the apparent floating leaf
is
a stalk contracted into leaf-shape,
wheel animalcules, or the small crusta-
from which,
ceans, which requires the aid of a small
roots descend.
net of silk gauze.
These few examples prove to what degree the use of a microscope may en-
certainly
will
It
excite
interest
to
living
ro-
watch under the microscope
(say Branchioniis) or cladocerans
tifers
[Daphnia,
They
etc.).
afford views of
the living workings of the inner organs, as the
stomach, brain, heart, and even
of a living
embryo
in the process of seg-
Not
mentation, and so on. taining
and educational
is
Hydra catching
less
enter-
the observa-
rich the
as
in
other
him
for his pets, the fishes is
the
knowledge of an aquarist, and
the better enable
this
plants,
to rationally care
and
plants.
not the main profit derived.
But It
the deepening of his
knowledge of the complicated interdependence of life and its hidden laws, as between animal and plant aquatic life. Only he who is also is
infusoria and
acquainted with the microscopic aquatic
other foods, or of mosquito larvae, which
be able to fully understand the law of "biocenosis," the relation of organisms to other organisms with which It must have been actually they live.
tion of a
are also wonderfully transparent.
The observation life also offers
of
the
higher plant
a source of no less enjoy-
ment, as aquatic plants afford particularly fine opportunities in
to
seen other,
how each how the
is
interwoven with the
bacteria in the sediment
preparation,
and sand, the rhizopods and the algae
inner structure of the plant and plant
contribute to the aeration and are, there-
examine, \.\vt
many ways
life will
without
further
besides for instance the methods of
fore, necessary for the well-being of the
plants for protection against attacks by
whole aquarium. From the manner which the aquarium is inhabited by these beings invisible to the naked eye. the aquarist is
cell,
and many other interesting adapsubmerged plants. Let us take as an example the formation of air-
snails,
tions of
cells,
enabling plants to
float,
for
the
which the different kinds of Lemna and the leaf-stalks of Myriophyllum are very fine objects. The structure study of
of
the
leaf
may
also
be seen without
preparation in Fontinalis and Anacharis.
enabled to arrive at conclusions as to the
dangers threatening or as to the safety and stability of his little world or community. teria,
The occurrence principally
of sulphur-bac-
Beggiatoa,
imperfect aeration as these
indicates
forms can
onlv exist in the presence of sulphuret-
52
j^quatic fiitt
On
ted hydrogen.
the other hand,
an
abundance of green algae, hke Scenedesmiis, Closteriuni and so on, is a guarantee for good health of the fishes, securing aeration of the aquarium through-
;
relation to the health of the fishes
larger plants, discharging
oxygen
the
;
in the
process of photosynthesis, create the conditions necessary for the existence of the
out.
The
aquarist,
a microscopist, of
growth on the glass the whole community of minute beings plays its part in
who is at the same time may have the opportunity
microscopically small inhabitants of the
view a
smaller or greater degree of the refuse
unrolled
seeing
before
his
aquarium, which again will dispose
in
Distal Ends of Modified Anal Fins of Male Viviparous Poeciliids
The
structure of the so-called intromittant organ in these fishes is a stable diagnostic character and has played an important part in recent studies of the group. 1. Mollienisia sphenops. 2. Gambusia holbrooki. a. Cnesterodon decemmaculatus. 4. Mollienisia formosa. 5. Phalloceros caudomaculatus. Photomicrographs by Dr. E. Bade.
regular world-history in miniature, whole
matter of the larger inhabitants.
nations of infinitesimal animalcules com-
assuredly a fascinating cycle of
ing
and going, one preying on the other,
one holding the other ance, and each having task.
'l"he
teria,
infusoria
check or bal-
own
particular
prey on the bac-
they themselves being devoured by
other "carnivorous" tifers
in its
hunt both
infusoria;
kinrls oi
the ro-
infusoria; the
crustaceans live on algae as well as rotifers
;
the
snails
check
the
excessive
this constant
Most
life.
And
automatic purification pro-
cess not only reveals to the careful ob-
server natural law after law in the small
cosmos of him
j)ermit
aquarium, but also
his
to
clusions as to the greater laws
universe, life
and
and even as
his
will
draw more general con-
own
to
of
the
how human
existence are dependent
on natural laws, teaching him that these
mquattt V.iU
may
A
not be broken with impunity.
Thus aquaricuhure from
mere pas-
a
may be elevated to an educational medium of the first magnitude. For this
time
reason no public school should be without an aquarium. aid
valuable
to
prove an
will
It
instruction
in-
natural
in
and obviously the more so
history,
in
connection with the use of the microscope.
Now,
53
we will not omit out the advantages every pro-
"Tin Can'' Aquarium HARRY W. BALLEISEN
Modesto,
would derive from
fessional microscopist
keeping
a
number of Aquatic
how we may make
a very
aquarium from a cigar box. some aquarists criticize wood as
attractive
Now
material for a tank, and for them we present an improvisation that has surely
greater
it
may
We
even
durability,
not lend
equal to wood.
from
and
strength
though
in conclusion,
to point
in a past
Life, tells us
itself to
a finish
refer to a tank
made
a square or rectangular can such as
aquarium.
self-sustaining
Every scientist and microscopist should become a practical aquarist and keep his own "home pond." It will enable him to keep and cultivate for an indefinite time at least some of the material collected, having it at hand not only in season, but and explorations in also out of season his home tank may be made to yield more ;
surprises collecting
and
for
purposes in the open, often
much
saving
thus habits
many an excursion
than
The
valuable time.
many
life-history of
subjects,
Daphnia, Cypris, Cyclops, such as Plumatella and all kinds of algae could not be studied better and more conventhan
iently
aquarium.
in
A
a
self -sustaining
real
owning have no more cause
microscopist, after
an aquarium, will
for the old complaint
:
"Of
the in-
all
which varnish
that in
is
In the
sold.
tank illustrated in course of construction, the top of the can, showing the handle and spout, has not been removed in that
the idea
The
may
be better grasped.
step
first
is
to
punch four
holes,
about an eighth of an inch in diameter,
in
can
the corners of the five sides of the can,
will
enjoy the same pleasures as the aquarist
from which panels are With a scratch-awl and
who adopted
connecting the holes, thus indicating the
teresting things described in books find
in
little
I
He
or nothing myself."
the use of the microscope
connection with aquariculture
;
he
will
always be able to make observations first
at
hand, thus enlarging his practical
knowledge, and soon both
will
become
The
panels.
to be removed. rule
draw
lines
position of the holes will, of
course, dictate the width of the frame.
Take
a sharp can-opener,
sential that
it
and
it
is
es-
be sharp to make a smooth
convinced that microscopy and aquarian
edge, and cut out carefully the largest
nature-study go hand in hand and are but
panel
two ways leading
of the aquarium, then the two narrower
to the
same
goal.
— that which
ones,
A
noise like ready
man when an alarm
money clock
will
fails.
wake
a
which
the will
will
be the front or top
top and bottom
form
ing left to the
of
the
can,
the ends of the tank, belast.
In so proceeding
— j^quattc Eitc
54
the smaller sides act as supports, while the larger are being cut; for much the
be
should
same reason all the holes punched before proceeding
remove and can The handle of the the panels. sola the spout should be removed with encroach dering iron. Should the spout to
on the part reserved as the frame, a piece of tin may be soldered on the inside. We have now a frame for an aquarone has the
If
sharp.
vision has been
made
are
angles
ium, but the edges of the
facilities,
in laying
and proout the
width of the angles, the edges may be turned over and crimped on the inside. The same effect can be secured by cutting strips of tin a quarter inch wide and of the proper lengths.
Each
strip is
then
bent lengthwise along a line drawn down the middle, which can be done in a vise the worker does not have access to a The bent strips are sheet metal brake.
able for the breeding of
and of the best
small trop-
quality.
May Pointers Spring both
well advanced and plants,
is
in the
home aquarium and
are growing rapidly.
we
about
find
many
pretty plants that are
them
our collection they should be
to
washed and also sterilized in of permanganate of potash.
carefully
solution
a
To
may
force growth, plants
shallow pots in rich loamy
aquarium.
in the
few days after an aquarium has a scum appears on the surface
If a
been
set
of the water (bacteria),
may
it
aquarium.
good wood one inch thick, and one and one-half inches wider and longer than the bottom of the frame, which will allow an extension of three-quarters of an inch on all sides. Fasten the frame to the
giving off an offensive odor.
wood base with four nails, one in each corner more may be used if the frame ;
has warped or
it
otherwise seems desir-
able.
In setting the glass, insert the bottom first,
ment
placing the piece on a bed of ce-
around the edge
laid
in
sufficient
matter, perhaps the plants or portions of that have been injured in handling.
roots
will
the ends
last.
the tank
may
be painted as desired and
placed in service
Aquaria
when
dry.
of this sort are entirely suit-
these
new
roots
may
then be safely placed in position at the
bottom.
Daphnia and kindred crustaceans are
now
quite plentiful.
The
catch should be
poured into an aquarium reserved for the purpose, that enemies of fishes may be removed and none but the desired "fleas"
transferred to the aquaria con-
taining fishes and
to the
the cement has set
If
be produced, when the plants
and
When
be found blackened and
surface, in a sunny situation,
device
sides; then insert the long sides
may
plants are allowed to float loose at the
quantity to insure aderjuate support on all
be taken
evidence of the decay of vegetable
as
The select a piece of
topped
with gravel or sand, and then submerged
them
For a base
be set in
soil
not removed that side of the can which will become the bottom of the
we have
outdoors,
In the ponds round
seasonably desirable, but before adding
if
then crimped over the sharp edges and It will be noted that finally soldered.
many
and for photographing, though for the latter use the glass on the side exposed to the camera should be white
ical fishes
ed
is
in use,
it
fry.
may
If
an aerating
well be extended
Daphnia tank. Sediment syphonfrom permanent tanks will contain
much
that
crustaceans. ciet\.
is
desirable as
Chicago
food for the
Aquarium
So-
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Obser\)ations on tKe CKelonians
of ISJorth America. X. DR.
R.
W. 5HUFELDT,
C. M. Z.
S.
I
Malacoclemmys palustris
Diamond-back Terrapin
Various
have
classifiers
associated
of the
in
our
terrapins
genus
Mala-
coclemmys a number of species to be found in this country, which structurally, in several instances, have very little to
do with each other.
series
{M. and
of
In the present
Lesueur's
articles,
Terrapin
lesueurii) has already been figured briefly described.
bution,
and
in its
In habits, distri-
anatomy,
this species
geographica)
{M.
pulchra),
{M.
Kohn's
the
;
kohnii)
Baur's
;
and
Ocellated
the
is
not
my
intention to present any
of these differences in this article, apart
from the
fact that the
the species which, in
its
Diamond-back morphology,
is
dis-
and habits, departs more widely from what various herpetologists have
tribution
given
true of the other representatives of the
has nothing on
genus, as the Geographic Terrapin (M.
resembles a diamond.
entirely diiTerent
{M.
Terrapin
oculifera).
It
from the subject of the present account, which is the widely known Diamond-back Terrapin (M. This is likewise more or less palustris). is
Terrapin
Terrapin
as
the
generic
distinctions
with
respect to other groups of terrapins. It
would seem that the Diamond-back
has been so
named its
for the reason that
back
that in
it
any way
The usual
thir-
Siqmtit
56
teen
dorsal scutes of the carapace are
rough, each composed of
formed
shields
several-sided
low pyramids,
like
ing step- fashion, the
ris-
defined by
steps
These scutes are
grooves (see figure).
fLitz
Massachusetts,
being
salt-water
a
marshes along the coast, sometimes migrating up the larger rivers. They have been taken up the species, inhabiting the
Hudson
as
Newburgh
far as
;
but this
hexagonal for the medium row, and irregularly pentagonal for the surrounding ones. The center of each shield in
does not happen very often.
the
median row develops a blunt-pointed whole line of them forming the so-called "keel," which, on side view,
habits,
tubercle, the
particulars,
has the appearance of a serrated ridge.
Diamond-back Terrapin." (Bull. No. the North Carolina Geol. Surv., 14,
These serrations vary greatly in different individuals, being very low in some and conspicuous in others. Age may have something to do with this, they becoming more or less rubbed down in very old specimens.
as
the case of
in
mens are extremely
other terrapins,
Very young
varies considerably.
speci-
beautiful, being of a
pale whitish gray, with dark concentric
An
markings.
hand as
old female at
I
write, has the carapace above of a dark
brown, while the plastron
olive
is
of a
yellowish olive, with the central portion
and heavy radiations from it, of an earth brown. The limbs are black, the hinder The pair being webbed and very large. head
is
of a beautiful olive gray, dotted
over with black spots. black maxillary stripe
and
A
There below
is
a broad,
either eye,
median one on the top of
a similar
the head.
peculiar character
is
seen in
the curling-up of the free margin of the
carapace,
especially
posteriorly
(see
figure).
Diamond-backs
Female
consid-
are
erably larger than the males, and have projjortionately
longer
tails.
A
much big one
larger heads and
may have
length of 20 centimeters, and
a total
This species ranges from Texas to the
New
the
fullest
accounts of this
economic value, and many other
work
the
is
Dr.
of
R.
E.
Coker, entitled "The Cultivation of the
1906; illustrated.)
This terrapin cipally
nature subsists prin-
in
upon the leaves of
certain aquatic
plants, small crustaceans, snails. it
may
capture small
in a captive state
fishes,
we may add
Occawhile
to its diet
chopped meat, oysters and clams. The cut of the Diamond-back here shown is a reproduction of one of the writer's own photographs of a specimen obtained in Center Market in Washington, D. C. The stand where it was borrowed had some one hundred of these reptiles in a big barrel, and they were selling at from $3 to $5 apiece, the market men purchasing them for $2 per head. They were in excellent condition, and apparently none the worse for being kept as described.
Like other terrapins, this species feeds under water, and lays white eggs. Doctor Coker well describes their nests and breeding habits.
The young
of the Dia-
would probablv mond-back kept under proper aquaria, if thrive in food, and satemperature, conditions of terrapin
linity
of the water,
salt
will
answer
to
will
very
Common
table
for they
soon die in fresh water.
produce the correct
saline condition.
weigh a
couple of pounds.
coasts of
of
sionally
In the matter of coloration, this terrapin,
One
species, giving descriptions, distribution,
England, as far north as
Rainbow chasers
get at least a run for
money. Gladness is appreciated only by those who know what sadness is. their
— "bI
I
ni\e Stud FisKes CHARLES SAWYER
I
J.
I I
Jh
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Fundulus catenatus
\
Stud Fish
j
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\
More than once I have heard aquargrowHng about changes in the scien-
but
all
such changes follow definite rules
ists
agreed to by zoologists and no one
names of fishes, and it has been amusing to Hsten to the arguments. Male-
law unto himself as some seem to think. But among systematists it must be ad-
tific
dictions
have been heaped on the heads who have dared rele-
of ichthyologists
gate well established
The
ground.
names
to the back-
object of a change
is
to
place a fish with other species believed to
be
its
nearest of kin, or to bring into
usage a
name found
by which
it
may
to antedate the
be
one
commonly known,
becoming a synonym. There are other reasons why a name must go,
the latter
such as preoccupation
in the
new
genus,
and mere appropriateness never saves
it,
mitted that servatives.
is
a
we have radicals and conThe two groups are not in
accord as to what constitutes a species,
nor do they agree as to the limits of a genus, that
is,
how
still
be retained.
the
genus
species in a
form may defrom the type and
far a
part in characteristics
The
and
set
new
one.
radical will split
up
the
divergent
It is in
such inter-
pretations that the zoologist
is
guided by
the results of his researches, or influenc-
ed by personal opinion, rather than by a
•aquatic Htfe
58
law, but even then he must retain the
Not
name.
oldest specific
and
splits
all
transfers, however, can be termed radical
orange.
and assigned as the work of those who cannot let well enough alone. Going back over a period of a cen-
Ozarks.
many
stellifer.
tury
we may
find
divergent species
placed at one time or another in a single genus that are obviously not sufficiently related to be so intimately associated.
may
be cited as an It was described in i8oi by example. Bloch and Schneider for the species
The genus
Poecilia
which we thus know as the Others described "type" of the genus. fishes and placed them here. Then at varvknpara,
ious times sible
more careful
perhaps by
made
study,
found
It is
Cumberland
rivers,
Even more
is
in the
and
desirable
This
is
not quite as at-
brown
instead of
Tennessee and
in
streams in the
is
the smaller F.
The
a brilliant species.
body is blue above and silvery below, the male having orange spots irregularly dis-
On
tributed over the body. the
the female
olive-brown and smaller.
spots are
This species comes from Georgia.
Do you remember years ago
:
the slogan of a
"See America First
First?"
?"
American
"Study
then,
not,
few
Why Fishes
^
pos-
The Microscopical Society
specimens,
additional
The female
chained.
tractive, the spots being
depleted the genus and today it is comPoecilia olivacea we paratively small.
microscopists have met at intervals for
now know
the discussion of matters of interest, es-
cilia
"Fundulus notatus] Poe-
as
sphenops
Mollienisia sphenops;
is
Poecilia catenata
is
Fundulus
exasperating to the systematist as to the so,
but so long as
and assigned
described
are
species
more
genera wherein their status able,
sors, just so long will there
be others to
switch them elsewhere.
will ever
who
I
believe
it
It
be
was Professor Cope
rightly transferred Storer's catenata
from
Poecilia
Fundulus,
to
me
Talks
have been given on the principles of microscopy (Frank J. Keeley) methods of ;
illumination, demonstrated with twentyfive
microscopes and objects mounted
various media
(Mr. Keeley)
to
question-
is
whatever the opinion of their spon-
thus.
pecially with regard to technique.
catenatus,
and so on. The rambling of a species from one position to another is just as aquarist, perhaps
During the past winter a group of
but
it
crography
(Dr.
Thomas
S.
;
in
photomiStewart)
;
mounting methods, with demonstration of slide microtome (Dr. Stewart) cell making and mounting objects dry (W. ;
A. Poyser).
The group has now formally organized as The Philadelphia Microscopical Society. Meetings will be held, except dur-
someone restored Jordan's Xenisma for it and stellifer. Leaving nomenclature and its tangles,
on the fourth ing July and August, Thursday of the month, at 8 P. M., in
why
Science,
wouldn't surprise
if
haven't aquarists acquired the stud
fishes?
Both
.should be highly desirable.
Eight or nine years ago the enterprising
Germans had Fundulus ajjparently
handsome
catenatus,
did nothing with fellow.
The male
it.
is
but
It's
a
greenish
laboratory of the
avenue. I3ublic.
The meetings
of
are open to the
members may
obtain further information
by addressing the secretary, W. A. Poyser, 207 South Thirty-seventh street.
The necessary
forming somewhat chain-like lines hence the name, catenatus, meaning
in
;
Institute
Montgomery
Microscopists desiring to become
or bluish, with an orange spot on each scale
Wagner
Seventeenth and
microscopy
qualification ;
is
an interest
the dues are purely nomi-
— "b*-*—
"-*-•'
Trie Guide-Book
To niie
^sIe^v
DR.
York Aquarium
W. 5HUFELDT
R.
^
Epinephelus striatus
Nassau Grouper I
be good news to
It will
many who
are
reference to revive the
and the remarkable growth of The New York
treatise
Aquanum,
else, is a
familiar with the present status
that
it
has at
been enabled
last
desideratum of
to issue the
all
such
in-
"Guide Book." This has come about as one of the many achievements of Dr. Charles H. Townsend, the present director of this most institutions,
teresting
who life
an
illustrated
centre
of
as
Castle
it
here
is
Garden
in the world's
for
all
and study aquatic exhibited in the Old
so
with
studies of the in the
more
Broadway
at the foot of
most populous
Those who now do
instruction
love to observe
the
visit
the
city.
aquarium can
assurance
that
many forms on
their
exhibition
great tanks and pools there can be
advantageously
what the
in boards,
—
volume may be taken home for future
it
falls
short
of
as
to
This
nothing
small octavo hand book bound
and having nearly 200 pages
of text matter, and
many
illustrations of
and other denizens of the ocean and our inland waters. There are also excellent figures of inside and outside views fish
of the building
itself.
truly wonderful what a host of forms of a great variety of species have been brought together in this building under the skillful management and It
is
living
foresight of Dr. tion
the
been
Townsend. not to menmethods that have
admirable
inaugurated
to
properly
exhibit
them. In a brief notice like the present one
undertaken
through the aid of the above referred to Guide Book not only this, for the little
— for
memory
observed there.
visitor
it
will
be quite out of the question to
set
mass of
in-
forth even a small part of the
formation that this
modest
appearing
—
,
j^quattc fiitt
60
Book
Guide
contains,
— for
index
its
alone occupies upwards of six pages of
As
fine print.
we have an
a preface
ac-
count of the "Equipment and Methods" of the aquarium, followed by an elabordescriptions
of
series
ate
marily to "The
Collection,"
W. Hedden
secretary,
financial
;
W. Hedden
Mrs. F. retary,
recording secretary, Wil-
;
Whitten
A.
liam
;
corresponding sec-
Mrs. M. Kiekert, 107 Linden ave-
nue, Jersey City, N. J.
devoted pri-
The
and follow-
aquarium south of Phila-
largest
ed by brief histories of the fishes and other forms to be seen in the tanks, pools
delphia has been established at Miami, Florida.
Fifty
and small aquaria there found to contain
have been
installed,
them.
in
large
exhibition
tanks
one being the largest
dis-
America and the second largest in the world. There are said to be about five hundred species of fishes about Miami, and investigations will be started to as-
tinguished photographers of living forms
certain the food values of each, not to
The reproductions photographs from
made by some
been
in
or cuts are
all
from
the latter having
life,
our most
of
mention life-history and habitat
nature and in captivity.
How
some of the fish have been taken may be judged from the cut of the Nassau Grouper, illustrating this well
brief notice,
by
writer
having been furnished the
it
Townsend
Dr.
to
illustrate
here set forth, which will have fully attained its object should it bring such information as the writer trust it
what
will,
is
to
many
a student of our aquatic
forms, a large proportion of which can
be studied
in
Apparently the work
It is
always encouraging when a busi-
ness house finds quarters.
larger
necessary to
move
Success
business
it
in
golden
So
rule.
it
is
not surprising to
now
find
The Aquarium Stock Com-
pany
in a
finer store at
they
At the 6ioth regular meeting of the Biological Society of Washington, held
assembly hall of the Cosmos Club, on Saturday evening, April 3d, Dr. R. W. Shufeldt presented a paper entitled,
174 Chambers supply
able than ever to
better
the Spine in Chelonians," which
was
now
can
We
note that
imported
supply
dried
daphne for which many have inquired during the past few years.
in the
"Observations on the Cervical Region of
to
usually follows a strict application of the
the needs of the aquarist.
Notes and News
studies.
the main
in
be confined to saltwater species.
street,
no other way.
will
Dr. Albert
informs the
University,
many
collected
ommata
Hazen Wright,
in
specimens
Okefinokee
of Cornell
editor
of
Swamp
he
that
Lucania Georgia,
il-
in IQ12.
lustrated by lantern sHdes.
"The verra
The Hudson County Aquarium Sofounded less than two years ago, has a membership of one hundred. Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday in ciety,
the Jersey City,
N.
City J.
Public Library, Jersey
The Van
officers: ;
I
effer heard
McLaugh-
"There wass fifthe wee back parlour,
lan's." said the piper.
teen of us pipers in all
playin' different chunes.
was
floatin' in
heevin."
I
thocht
I
Tit Bits.
President,
vice-pres-ideni Cott Harvey A. James H. McConnell treasurer, Frank ;
best music
whateffer was doun at Jamie
A man worth.
is
worth what
his
ideas
are
:
:
Statement
:
the
of
Circulation,
Etc.,
Ownership, Management, Required by the Act of
of August 24, 1912, of Aquatic published monthly at Philadelphia,
Congress Life,
P emtsylvania,
for April
Wear a Handsome Solid Gold Pin of Your Favorite Fish
1920.
1,
State of Pennsylvania,
County of Philadelphia. Before me, a notary public in and for the and County aforesaid, personally appeared W. A. Poyser, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the editor of Aquatic LiFE, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and State
a
belief,
statement
true
management,
etc.,
for the date
shown
of
ownership,
the
of the aforesaid publication the above caption, re-
in
quired by the Act of August in
Section 443, Postal
to
wit
embodied
24, 1912,
Laws and
Regulations,
That the names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business managers are Publisher Joseph E. Bausman, 542 East
—
Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Editor—^. A. Poyser, 207 South
Thirty-
Pa.
Philadelphia,
seventh Street,
—
dresses of individual owners, or,
name and
if
a corpora-
names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of the total amount of give
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its
the
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—
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