494 



INDEX. 



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Shark, abundance and voracity of 178, 181 



ita destruction by fishermen 4C0, 461 



Shaw, B. P., referred to 118 



Shears. E. E 64 



Sheepshead, its sale in Fulton Market 426 



scarcity 467 



Shepard, Mr., aid rendered by 281,283 



Joseph 61 



Sherman, CoLAmos, referred to 121 



i:. C. referred to 120 



Shiners in Lake Erie 351 



Shotwell, J. R 64 



Shrimp trade of Pacific coast 4-~> 



Sibbaldius sulfhreus, specimen captured. . 201 



Siebold, C. Th. E. von 64 



Siemens, Werner, referred to 435 



Siluroids, their development. 225 



Silver gar, it m eggs 194, 195 



Silversides, their thread-bearing eggs 193 



Simpson, A. "W 64 



Joe. referred to 424 



Sisco trade of Fulton Market 426 



Sisson, 15- njamin H 65 



Sisty, W.E., referred to 117 



Sium angustifolium 259 



cicuta?folium 259 



Skeletons of cetacea, procuring 201, 238, 415 



Slack, J H., referred to 65,373 



Slade, Elisha, contributor 478 



Small cane 265 



cat-tail 262 



Smaller bladderwort 260 



spearwort 257 



Small spearwort 257 



Smelt fisheries, bibliography of 28 



trade of Fulton Market 426 



Smidth, J. K 65 



Smiley, Charles W., articles by 1, 65, 66, 80, 85, 



108, 117, 1 23, 115, 129, 149 



200, 241, 272, 273, 305, 333 



editorial notes by ... 158, 217, 



220, 278, 302, 363, 365, 373, 407, 



411, 434,439,444, 448,400,471 



letters to 392 



referred to 115 



Smith Bros., their oyster business 288 



C.ipta n, cited 296 



Edward, cited 410 



Edward C, cited 410 



E. M. , referred to 120 



Everett, contributor 443 



James A., referred to 116 



John 66 



Nathaniel 06 



Kosa 66 



Sanderson 66 



Sidney I 66,67 



Silas B 67 



Smithsonian Institution, referred to 239,269 



Sniitt, Prof. F. A 231-238 



Snakeroot, button 259 



Snakes, tish caught by 196 



Sm ed, H. II , referred to 121 



Snoll, Merwin P 80,115,218,206 



Soft clam eaten only in America 399 



Page. 



Soudakevicz, Theodore 34,67 



South America, salmon exported to 425 



South Carolina, its fish commission 113,121, 



150, 151, 152 



fisheries 270,271 



shad culture 446 



South Sid. Club referred to 230 



Southwell, Thomas 465 



Southwick, J. M. K 67 



Spanish Bay, cod caught in '..ill-nets in.. . 153 



Spanish mackerel, its propagation 192 



sale in Fulton Market 426 



Sparganium eurycarpum 262 



simplex 262 



Spatt er dock 258 



Spawning habits of carp 245, 246 



whitefish 352 



season of black bass 223 



carp 243, 245 



herring 238, 299 



oysters 287 



pickerel or pike 295 



fish unfit to eat in. . . 305, 322, 335 



Spearmint 261 



Spearwort, small 257 



smaller 257 



water plantain 257 



Specific gravity of water at oyster-beds.. 282 



Specimens, methods of preserving 197-200 



lists of 83 



Spermaceti, its exportation 276 



importation 275 



Spermaceti whale, its size and habitat 181 



Sperm oil, its exportation 276 



importation 275 



Spindel, Isaiah 67 



Spinney, Benjamin H., contributor 362 



Spirliug, its use as bait 159 



Spirillum ostrearum, its true nature 292 



Spokane River, scarcity of salmon in 476 



Sponge, bibliography of the 82 



boring, an enemy to oysters 289 



fresh-water, description of, &c 389,391 



Sprat, its migrations 399 



Spring, Captain, cited 204 



Spring cress 258 



Squid, kind caught in 1883 175, 176 



their abundance and movements . .296, 297, 



298, 300 



Stabler, Edward 127,392 



Stanley, Henry O., referred to 119 



Starbuek, Alexander 67 



Starfish, most abundant in northern waters 289 

 State fish commissions, appropriations for. 149-152 



Stations of tlio Fish Commission 81 



Statistical papers published by the Fish 



Commission 81 



Statistics of imports and exports 273-277 



United States fisheries 269 



vessels in the fisheries 182,273 



Steamers of the Fish Commission 81 



Stearns, R. E. C, contributor 67,353 



drawings by 354, 356, 357, 359 



Silas 28,67,407 



Stearns transportation tank 360 



