Cll CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX F-Continued. 



XXIX. Natural AND economical history of the gourami, (Ospliromenus 

 goraniy.) By Theodore Gill 710 



A. Natural history 710 



Prefatory 710 



Name 711 



Form, &c 711 



Geographical range '. 712 



Size 712 



Growth, and age 712 



Station and teraijeratiire 713 



Table of atmospheric temperatures of native and foster 



countries of the gourami 714 



Food 715 



Movements 716 



Spawning and nesting 716 



Young 717 



Flesh 717 



B. The introduction and attempts to introduce the gourami into foreign 



countries 718 



Authorities 718 



East Indian Islands 718 



Island of Mauritius 718 



Island of Bourbon or Reunion 718 



West Indies 719 



France 72 1 



Algeria 725 



Australia 725 



Cape of Good Hope 726 



Egypt 726 



Conclusions 726 



C. Rules for transportation and introduction 727 



XXX. Notes on the grayling (Thymallus) of North America. By James 



W. Miluer 729 



APPENDIX G.— MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 743 



XXXI. Temperature in the Gulf of Mexico, from records of the 

 United States Coast-Survey' 745 



XXXII. Correspondence with companies relative to facilities in 

 transportation, etc 749 



XXXIII. Reports of special conferences with American Fish-Cultur- 

 isTs' Association and State commissioners of fisheries 757 



A. Meeting at Boston, June 13,1872 757 



B. Meeting at New York, October 17, 1872 763 



XXXIV. Bibliography of reports of fishery-commissions. By Theodore 



Gill 774 



A. Names of commissioners 774 



B. Bibliography of reports 775 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 785 



GENERAL INDEX 791 



