CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE. 137 



1873. Baird, Spencer F.— Continued. 



XV. Description of apparatus used in capturing flsii on the sea coast and lakes 



of the United States p. 25a 



Modes of capture 253 



Projectiles, explosive and poison 223 



Lines 254 



Nets 255 



Traps, weirs, pounds, and fykes 259 



Location of traps, weirs, and pounds in the United States 273 



XVL List of patents granted by the United States to the end of 1872, for inven- 

 tions relative to the capture, utilization, or cultivation of fish 



and marine animals 275 



1. Hooks 275 



2. Lines, grapples, traps, &c 276 



3. Keels 276 



4. Rods 276 



5. Ploats, sinkers, and swivels 277 



6. Projectiles 277 



7. Nets and pounds 278 



8. Oyster culture and gathering 278 



9. Preservation and utilization 279 



10. Fish culture 279 



11. Patents granted prior to 1836 279 



XVU. List of the seaweeds or marine algse of the south coast of New England, 



by W. G. Parlow. M. D 281 



XVm. Eeport upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound, and the adjacent 

 waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region, 

 by A. E. Verrill. (For a more detailed account of this article, 



see page 759) 295 



A. Habits and distribution of the invertebrate animals 295 



L General remarks 295 



H. Fanna of the bays and sounds 300 



1. The rocky shores 303 



List of species 331 



2. The sandy shores 334 



List of species 364 



3. The muddy shores 366 



List of species 377 



4. The piles and timbers of wharves and bridges, bottoms of ves- 



sels, buoys, and other submerged wood- work 378 



List of species 392 



6. The rocky bottoms 394 



List of species 409 



6. The gravelly-shelly bottoms 412 



List of species 421 



7. The sandy bottoms 425 



List of species 429 



8. The muddy bottom4 . . . : 430 



List of species 434 



9. The free swimming and surface animals 436 



List of species 451 



10. Animals, parasitic, on fishes, &c 455 



List of species 459 



m. Fauna of the estuo.ries, harbors, ponds, and marshes 460 



1. The sandy shores and bottoms of brackish waters 462 



List of species 464 



2. The muddy shores and bottoms of brackish waters 465 



List of species » 470 



3. The oyster-beds in brackish waters 472 



List of species 476 



4. The eel-grass in brackish waters 478 



List of species 480 



5. The piles of wharves, bridges, floating timber, rocks, &o., in 



brackish waters 481 



List of species 482 



