BIRDS AND FISH

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 51, 2 March 1937, Page 17

BIRDS AND FISH

PROFESSOR'S INTERESTS

- ENTERING NEW FIELD

'Arriving ;by• .'the"-Arawa \ • yes.ter_dayL : morning to take up the position ,of .:Protessor of Biology 'at Otago University, Professor B. J; Marples, who is interested in the:: study of birds and fishes,: considers ■"' that he is entering a .new. .field and.hopes to find .time, to study-New,; Zealand specimens. ...,Prpfess.or jyiarples .is- still a young' man but he' has already, made several discoveries-' 'regarding the anatomy ■of comparatively common - types *of .••' fish.. -. :Professor:?.Marples has.: occupied :the position "of .-lecturer in zoology.;;at, the Manchester;;and Bristol Universities, being in the former city 'about six years'and in Bristol- during - the- last two years.; i;He ,had, left^for New; Zealand on very short notice,,he said, "and expected to take up his new,duties as soon as he -reached Duriedin, but he.' hoped'to;find time\ la'ter^to.- study New Zealand,'birds- and .fishes..; .After liv-^ ing- in -the; crowded cities of ...Manches? ter and' Bristol^ .he " was;-looking forward to the'freedom of the open coun-. try' in' New Zealand. , "Iti seems, an astonishing,:thing .to, me; tov-find'.:.,open country all- round your: capital ''city," he"said.-: ..-';.'. ; ; ■'■ ■•'■ '"'.■■ :■ 0 r '.?. :

Mrs. Marplesr who' accompanies the1 Professor, with their infant^bn^is-plso. a- graduate in zoology and'assistsVher husband .in his research work. ■ "',,'-