STUDIES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KIDNEY OF THE PACIFIC PINK SALMON, (ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA (WALBAUM))

The literature relating to pronephros development in fishes is discussed and the course of development in the pink salmon described. The vascularizatio~l of the kidney is described and the histological differentiation of the elements of the kidney listed with special respect to the epithelia of the tubules. The appearance of the myeloid tissue is notecl.