fiEPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF FISHES. I7l 



Carol iua. Georgia, and Tennessee, with Descriptions of New or Little 

 Known Species." An extended discussion of the distribution of fresh- 

 water fishes is given in this paper, pp. 91-95. 



1878. 



Ill 1878 I spent some time at Beaufort, N. C, in the study of the 

 marine tishes of that port. In my work here 1 was assisted by Dr. 

 Hiayton, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. B. W. Evermann. A catalogue of the 

 species obtained was published in the Proceedings of the U. S. National 

 Museum, 1878, pp. 365-388, "by Jordan and Gilbert, under the title of 

 " Notes on the Fishes of Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina." 



1879. 



The summer of 1879 was spent in Europe. Considerable collections 

 were made by Mr, Gilbert and myself at Venice. 



1880. 



In November, 1879, 1 was appointed special agent of the U. S. Census 

 Bureau, in charge of the enumeration of the fisheries and other marine 

 interests of the Pacific coast of the United States. I was also in- 

 structed by the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries to undertake a thorough 

 study of the fish-fauna of that region, and to make extensive collections 

 of the fishes for distribution by the U. S. National Museum to the chief 

 museums of the world. 



Mr. Charles H. Gilbert was appointed assistant in this work. Special 

 assistance in Puget Sound was rendered by Mr. James G. Swan, of Neah 

 Bay, and about San Francisco by Mr. William N. Lockington, then of 

 San V'rancisco. Important volunteer aid was also given by Miss Kosa 

 SiJiith. of San Diego, by Mr. Charles J. Smith, then of Astoria, and l)y 

 ("apt. Andrea Larco, of Santa Barbara. 



Mr. Gilbert and the writer reached San Diego about .January 1, 1885. 

 The time between that date and November 1 was devoted to an ex- 

 ploration of the coast from the Mexican boundary as far north as Saanich 

 on Vancouver's Island, most of the important points being visited at 

 least twice, at diflerent seasons. 



The chief points at which collections were made are San Diego, San 

 Pedro (Wilmington), Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo (Port Harford), 

 Monterey, Soquel, San Francisco, Humboldt Bay, Astoria, Neah Bay, 

 Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria, Saanich Arm, and New Westminster. 



Few coasts have yet been so thoroughly explored, so far as the shore 

 tishes are concerned. We had, however, no means of collecting lishes 

 from any great depth. The results of these explorations have been given 

 in numerous short papers in the Proceedings of the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum for 1880 and 1881, in the Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, 

 and in other papers. Our reports to the IT. S Census Bureau still re- 



