REPORT ON NATIONAL MUSEUM. 291 



Merrill, George Perkins. — The department of rocks and building 

 stones, U. S. National Museum, 18S2. 



(Report assistant director U. S. Nat. Mus. for 1882 (1883), pp. 105-106, 112, 

 113; Report Smithsonian Institution for 1882 (1884), pp. 223-227, 230-231. 



Eathbun, Eichard. — Great International Fisheries Exhibition. Loti- 

 don,1883. United States of America. B. Collection of Economic 

 Crustaceans, Worms, Echinoderms, and Sponges. By Eichard 

 Eathbun, Curator of the Department of Marine Invertebrates in 

 the United States National Museum. Washington: Government 

 Printing Office. 1883. 8vo., pp. 31. 



Section of the catalogue of the American exhibit at the Loudon Fisheries 

 Exhibition, published in advance of the full catalogue. Contains a resume 

 of the industries afforded by the marine and fresh-water invertebrates (ex- 

 clusive of the mollusca) of the United States, based upon the fishery census 

 investigations of 1880 (pp. 3-20) ; a list of the species of economic crustaceans, 

 worms, echinoderms, and sponges, and a list of the photographic views illus- 

 trative of the lobster fishery, exhibited at Loudon (pp. 21-31). 



Great International Fisheries Exhibition. London, 1883. 



United States of America. G. Descriptive catalogue of the col- 

 lection, illustrating the scientific investigation of the sea and fresh 

 waters. By Eichard Eathbun, Curator of the Department of Ma- 

 rine Invertebrates in the United States National Museum. Wash- 

 ington : Government Printing Office. 1883. 8vo., pp. 1-109. 



Section of the catalogue of the American exhibit at the London Fisheries 

 Exhibition, published in advance of the full catalogue. Contains an intro- 

 duction (pp. 3-29) discussing the extent and character of American explora- 

 tions, with reference to the biology of the sea and fresh waters of the globe, 

 and a descriptive catalogue (pp. 31-109) of the articles exhibited. Very full 

 descriptions are given of the vessels and of all the apparatus now employed by 

 Americans in deep-sea explorations. The descriptive catalogue is divided 

 according to subjects, into the following sections : Vessels employed in deep- 

 sea research ; apparatus for collecting zoological materials; accessory appa- 

 ratus used in connection with deep-sea dredging and trawling ; appliances 

 for the examination and storage of zoological materials ; appliances for deep- 

 sea sounding; apparatus for physical observations, &c. ; marine zoological 

 stations ; maps, models, and collections of natural history, illustrating results 

 of explorations. 



The United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross. 



(Science, 1883, vol. n, pp. 6-10, 66-72, with 7 cuts.) 



A popular description of the steamer Albatross, and of her equipment for 

 deep-sea research. 



— Sponge culture in Florida. 



(Science, 1883, vol. n, p. 213.) 



An account of recent experiments ingrowing the sheep's wool sponge from 

 cuttings for commercial purposes, as exemplified by specimens received at 

 the National Museum from Key West, Florida. 



