REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 41 



The Continued Examination of the Physical and Biological 

 Conditions of the Bay. 



Data relating to the character of the shores and sea bottom, the 

 temperature and density of the water, the occurrence of animal and 

 plant life in various places and at various times; facts relating to rare 

 or unusual animals; information about breeding times and habits 

 of fishes and invertebrates, and miscellaneous data of similar char- 

 acter, are continually being gathered together and placed on file. 

 From time to time the Commission has brought together portions of 

 these data in the form of special papers. (See index.) 



The present report includes the following special papers: 



THE fishes of RHODE ISLAND. 



No. VII. The Life History of the Common Eel, by H. C. Tracy. 



Notes on the Crabs Found in Narragansett Bay, by Walter E. 

 Sullivan. 



