AO REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Others taken June 3 contained the mud-crab, Panopeus depressus ; 
triangular crab, Pelia mutica; Crepidula wnguiformis ; Triforis nigro- 
cinctus ; the common mussel, Mytilus edulis ; and the “ horse-mussel,” 
Modiola modiolus. ’ 
Another, on June 10, contained the eqmmon rock-crab, Cancer irrora- 
tus; mud-crab, Panopeus Sayi; Nucula proxima ; several ascidians, 
Cynthia partita and Leptoclinum albidum. 
Two caught July 8 and 15 contained small lobsters, Homarus Ameri. 
canus ; Orepidula fornicata ; Bittium nigrum ; a bryozoan, Crisia ebur- 
nea ; sand-dollars, Lchinarachnius parma. 
A specimen caught in August contained long-clams, Mya arenaria ; 
muscles, Mytilus edulis ; Petricola pholadiformis. 
Xiphias gladius Linn. Swordfish. 
One specimen contained mackerel (Scomber scombrus), and butter- 
fish (Paronotus triacanthus). Wood’s Holl, Mass., 1871; E. Palmer. 
Sarda pelamys Cuv. Bonito. 
Specimens taken at Wood’s Holl, in August, contained an abundance 
of shrimp, Crangon vulgaris, scup, and occasionally fragments of fish 
and bones. Out of eighty-two individuals examined at one time, nearly 
every one was empty. Shiners seemed to form their common food. 
Wood's Holl, 1871; E. Palmer. 
Scomber scombrus Linn. Mackerel. 
Specimens taken July 18, 20 miles south of No Man’s Land, con- 
tained shrimps, Thysanopoda,sp.; larval crabs in the zoéa and megalops 
stages of development; young of hermit-crabs; young of lady-crabs, 
Platyonichus ocellatus ; young of two undetermined Macroura; numer- 
ous small Copepod Crustacea; numerous shells of a Pteropod, Spirialis 
Gouldit. 
Orcynus thunnina. Small Tunny. 
One specimen caught at Wood’s Holl, in August, contained eleven 
squids, Loligo Pealit. 
Often contained small fragments of fish and sea-grass (Zostera), 
Wood’s Holl, 1871; E. Palmer. 
Cybium regale Cuv. & Val. Cero. 
Stomachs often contained fine particles of fish. Wood’s Holl, 1871; 
EK. Palmer. 
Palinurichthys perciformis Gill. Rudderfish. 
A specimen caught at Wood’s Holl, in August, contained a small 
Squilla empusa ; young squids, Loligo Pealii ; Butterfish, and several 
other young slender fish. Wood’s Holl, 1871; I. Palmer. 
Cynoscion regalis Gill. Weakfish; Squeteague. 
Several caught in seines at Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, April, 
1871, with menhaden, &e., contained large quantities of shrimp, Oran- 
gon vulgaris, unmixed with other food. 
