CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE. 139 



425. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F. ] Testimony in regard to the present condition of the Fish- 

 cries, taken in 187L < AVj). U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, part i, 1873, pp. 

 7-72. 



Testimony of tlio fishermen of Southt-rn I^ew England, gathered by Prof. Baird, with the 

 aid of Mr. H. E. Rockwell, phonogr.tphic reporter, in August and September, 1871. 



426. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Report of conference held [by the U. S. Commissioner of 

 Fish and Fisheries] at. Boston, October 5, 1871, with the Fishery Commission- 

 ers of Massachnsetts and Rhode Island. < Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fish- 

 eries, 1873, part i, pp. 125-131. 



427. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Dranght of law proposed for the consideration of and 

 enactment by the Legislatnres of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connec- 

 ticut. <^Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, part i, 1873, pp. 132-134. 



" The draught, as originally prepared, was first discussed at the conference mth the com- 

 missioners of Massachusetts and Rhode Island and then submitted to several eminent legal 

 gentlemen for consideration : among others to Mr. Henry WiEianis and Mr. George H. Pal- 

 mer, of Boston, from whom criticisms were received." See Ko. 416. 



428. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Notices in regard to the Abundance of Fish on the New 

 England Coast in former times. <^ Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, part i, 

 1873, pp. 148-172. 



A collection of extracts from early colonial accounts of the abundance of fishes. 



429. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Statistics of Fish and Fisheries on the South Shore of 

 New England. <[ Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, part i, 1873, pp. 172-181. 



430. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Supijlementary Testimony and Information relative to 

 the Condition of the Fisheries of the South Side of New England, taken in 

 1872. < Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, part i, 1873, pp. 182-195. 



Memoranda obtained at "Wood's Hole, l^ewport, Hyannis, Nantucket, and Martha's "Vine- 

 yard by the Commissioner and Mr. "V"inal N. Edwards. 



431. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Natural History of some of the more important Food- 

 fishes of the South Shore of New England. — I. The Scnp, Stenotomus argyrops, 

 (Linn.,) Gill. < Bep. U. S. Com. Fish and Fisheries, part i, 1873, pp. 228-235. 



432. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] [Natural History of some of the more important Food- 

 fishes of the South Shore of New England.] — II. The Blue-Fish, Pomatomus 

 saltatrix, (Linn.,) Gill. <^Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fisheries, parti, 1873, 

 pp. 235-252. 



433. 



1873. [Baird, Spencer F.] Description of Apparatus used in capturing Fish on the 

 Sea-coast and Lakes of the United States. <^ Bep. U. S. Comm. Fish and Fish- 

 eries, part i, 1873, pp. 253-274. 



