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E. G. Blackford, 80 FuUon Market, New Fork, N. Y. Accession 14480; 

 catalogue. .S4884. A pompano, Trachynotv^ {forcfitisis^ weighing .36 

 pounds. 



Prof. D. S. rfordnii, Bloomington, Ind. Accession 14480; ••atalogue, 



. A large collection of Hshcs from (^uba and Florid;), contniniiig 



many new si)ecies. 



U.S. Fish Commission tSteamer Albatross. Accession 14280; (catalogue 

 ;548.-);i_.34881,:>l887-;M903, 34905-34903. A tank of tislies from S;iiiit. 

 Thomas, Trinidad, Curasao, and Key West, Fla. 



Prof. C. H. Gilbert, Rockford, 111. Accession 14.525; catalogue 34979- 

 .34983. A small collection of Illinois fishes, containing types of the 

 following new species : Nocomis hi/ostomns, Xotropis hoops, iind Pffcil- 

 ich thys pa I ustris. 



Vapt. T. W. Sumptcr, Big Spring, Va. Accession 14523; ciit:ilogne 

 34978. A rainbow trout, Salmo irideus, taken in Roanoke River, 

 June 13, 1884. 



E. C. Smith, Newport, R. J. Accession 14543; catalogue 34988. A 

 specimen of Ghcetodipterns faher, caught at Newport. An unusual 

 species in that locality. 



Capt. George A. Johnson, Gloucester, Mass. Accession 14.589; catalogue 

 35110. A specimen of Chiasmodus niger, from Brown's Bank. Captain 

 Johnson says it was taken alive, and was very ferocious. 



,J. Dock Earrell, Osyka, Miss. Accession 14000 ; catalogue 35144. A 

 specimen of striped bass, Roccus septentrionalis, which species is now 

 reported in large schools of varying sized fish in that part of the Lower 

 Mississippi Yalley. 



Prof. S. F. Baird, Wood's Holl, Ma^s. Accession 14014; catalogue 

 35136. A specimen of the frigate mackerel, Auxis rochei. 



Frank G. Galbraith, Wrigktsville, York County, Pennsylvania. Acces- 

 sion 14024 ; catalogue 35137. A mirror carp, Cyprinu4s carpio, 19 inches 

 long, taken in the Susquehanna River. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Wood's Roll, Mass. Accession 14759; catalogue 



. Fifteen bottles of the rarer deep-sea fishes obtained by the 



Albatross. 



Prof. D. 8. Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. Accession 14828. A large col- 

 lection of fresh-water fishes from Iowa and Missouri, containing 

 many new and rare species. 



Prof. J). S.Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. Accession 14881. Fresh wtitcr 

 fishes from Southern Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Indian Tenitory, 

 Indiana, and elsewhere. In this and the preceding lot there are 

 about twenty-five new species and a hundred desiderata. 



J. A. Duguo f, Gloucester, Mass. Accession 14965; catalogue 30001. 

 A specimen of Trachypterus arcticits from Iceland. 



Prof. D. S. Jordan, Bloomington, Ind. Accessions 15002 and 15011; 



catalogue , Numerous species of fishes from Indiana and 



Texas. 



