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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



EESULTS OF WOKK. 



1. Publications of the Commission. — Continued. 



XV. Description of apparatus, &c. — Continued. 



Modes of capture 



Projectiles, explosive and poison 



Lines 



Nets 



Traps, weirs, pounds, and fykes 



Location of traps, weirs, and pounds in the 

 United States 



XVI. List of patents frranted by the United States to the 



end of 1872, for inventions relative 

 to the capture, utilization, or culti- 

 vation of flsh and marine animals . . 



1. Hooks ,.. 



2. Lines, grapples, traps, &c 



3. Reels 



4. Rods : 



5. Floats, sinkers, and swivels 



6. Projectiles 



7. Nets and pounds 



8. Oyster culturtt and gathering 



9. Preservation and utilization 



10. Fish culture 



11. Pateuts granted prior to 1836 



XVJUL. List of the seaweeds or marine algae of the south coast 



of New England, by W. G. Farlow, 



M.D .' 



XVm. Report 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 ac- 

 count of this article see page 759) . . 

 A. Habits and distribution of the invertebrate ani- 

 mals 



I. General remarks 



n. Fauna of the bays and sounds 



1. The rocky shores 



List of species 



2. The sandy shores 



List of species 



3. The muddy shores 



List of species 



4. The piles and timbers of wharves and 



bridges, bottoms of vessels, buoys, 



and other submerged wood-work 



List of si)ecies 



5. The rocky bottoms 



List of species 



6. The gTavelly-shelly bottoms 



List of species 



7. The sandy bottoms 



List of species 



8. The muddy bottoms 



List of species 



9. The free swimming and surface animals .. 



List of spe<ies 



10. Animals, parasitic, on fishes, &c 



List of species 



m. Fauna of the estuaries, harbors, ponds, and 



marshes 



1. The sandy shores and bottoms of brackish 



waters 



List of species 



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