142 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



foods for many of the best food-fishe.s of the coast. Extensive col- 

 lections of the Fish Commission, supplemented by material in the 

 National Museum, were studied ))y Dr. W. C. Kendall, and a report" 

 thereon was issued in April, 1902. In this paper the abundance, 

 uses, habits, food, etc., of the silversides are considered, and a detailed 

 description, with figure, of each species is given. 



FISHES OF MEXICO. 



Recent collections of fishes from various parts of Mexico, obtained 

 by the Division of Biological Surve}^ of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, have been referred to this Commission for identification, 

 and have- been reported on by Messrs. B. W. Evermann and E. L. 

 Goldsborough in a paper issued May 3, 1902. These collections, sup- 

 plemented by several smaller ones from various sources, comprised 56 

 species, of which 5 were previously undescribed. 



FISHES OF LABRADOR. 



At the request of Prof. Leslie A. Lee, of Bowdoin College, Maine, 

 Dr. W. C. Kendall identified and reported on a small collection of 

 fishes obtained on the Labrador expedition of that college in 1901. 

 The report will form one of a series of articles on the natural his- 

 tory collections of that expedition. Professor Lee donated to the 

 Commission specimens of all the desirable duplicates. 



"Notes on the Silversides of the genus Menidia of the East Coast of tlie United States, with descrip- 

 tions of two new subspecies. 



