32 REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



IV. The Continued Examination of the Physical and Bio- 

 logical Conditions of the Bay, Begun in 1898. 



This work has been carried on continuously, and from time to time, 

 as the data bearing upon particular subjects accumulated so as to 

 warrant publication, they have been brought together in our report 

 in the form of special papers. See index. 



We should be glad to receive from fishermen or from other sources 

 reliable information regarding the condition of the fisheries. 



This report includes the following papers: 



The Fishes of Rhode Island, III: " The Fishes of the Mack- 

 erel Family," by H. C. Tracy, A. M.; 



" A List of Rare Fishes taken in Rhode Island in the Year 1906," 

 byH. C.Tracy, A.M.; 



" A List of the Rhode Island Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Ostracoda, 

 with New Species of Copepoda," by L. W. Williams, Ph. D. 



