APPENDIX. 



The following list of special papers represents the more extended 

 investigations of the commission for the last five years, and is in- 

 troduced here for the convenience of those who wish to refer to 

 these papers. 



The report for 1897 contains : 



1. A preliminary report on the star-fish. 



The report for 1898 contains : 



2. A record of the dredging of the United States Fish Commission 



steamer "Fish Hawk," in Narragansett Bay. 



3. Investigations of the red-water plague, which destroyed multi- 



tudes of fish and Crustacea during the fall of 1898. 



4. Special report on the star-fish. 



5. Life-history of the common clam i Mya arenaria \. 



6. Report on the tile fish (Lopholatilus cliamceleonticeps). 



The report for 1899 contains : 



7. Observations on the soft-shell clam. 



8. List of fishes known to inhabit Xarragansett Bay. 



9. List of diatoms found in the water over the clam, mussel, and 



oyster beds at Wickford, R. I. 



The report for 1900 contains : 



10. Observations on the soft-shell clam (second paper). 



11. Habits and life-history of the scallop (Pecten irradians). 



12. Further observations on the red-water plague, with notes on its 



occurrence elswhere. 



