2 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



the different papers comiirising these volumes. Under this system the 

 following papers were issued during the year: 



Report of distribution of fisli and e^gs from July 1, 1888, to June 30, 1889. (Report 

 for 18SS, pp. ;57!I-Sill.) 



Notes on Kntozoaof ni.irino fishes, with description of new species, Partiii. (Report 

 for 1888, pp. 523-;") 12.) 



The anatomy of Tlii/Hatiocei>hahim crispum Linton, a jiarasite of the tiger shark. 

 (Report i'or 18SS.' jip. G-lH-rwl!.) 



Report ui)()n liic participation of the United States Fish Commission in the Centen- 

 nial Exposition held at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1888, by J. W. Collins. (Report for 

 18S8. pi>. 8(!t)-88r).) 



Report of the Commissioner for 1888, by Marshall McDonald. (Report for 1888, pp. 



I-CXXVIII.) 



Report on the fisheries of the New England States, by J. W. Collins and Hugh M. 



Smith. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 73-176.) 

 Report ou an investigation of the fisheries of Lake Ontario, by Hugh M. Smith. 



(Bulletin for 1890, pp. 177-215.) 

 A report upon the fishes of Iowa, based upon observations and collections made 



during 1889, 1890, and 1891, by S. E. Meek. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 217-248.) 

 Rejiort of an examination of the rivers of Keutuckv, with lisis of the fishes obtained, 



by Albert J. Woolnian. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 249-288.) 

 Notes on the streams and fishes of Clinton Countv, Ky., with a descriiitiou of a new 



darter, by Philip H. Kirsch. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 289-292.) 

 A rc])ort upon the rivers of central Florida tributary to the Gulf of Mexico, with 



lists of the fishes inhabiting them, by Albert J. Woolmau. (Bulletin for 1890, 



pp. 293-302.) 

 An investigation of the coast waters of South Carolina with reference to oyster-cul- 

 ture, by John D. Battle. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 303-330.) 

 Report ou the salmon fisheries of Alaska, by Marshall McDonald. (Bulletin for 



1892, pp. 1-50.) 

 Observations on the hatching of the yellow perch, by S. G. Worth. (Bulletin for 



1890, pp. 331-334.) 

 The physical and bitdogical characteristics of the natural ovster-grouuds of South 



Carolina, by Bashford Dean. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 335-361.) 

 The present methods of oyster-culture iu France, by Bashford Dean. (Bulletin for 



1890, pp. 363-388.) 



A contribution to our knowledge of the morphology of lamellibranchiate niollusks, 

 by James L. Kellogg. (Bulletin for 1890, pp. 389-436.) 



Report on the establishment of fish-cultural stations in the Rocky Mountain region 

 and Gulf States, consisting of (1) a reconnaissance of the streams and lakes of 

 western Montana and northwestern Wyoming, and (2) a report upon investiga- 

 tions made in Texas in 1891, by B. W. Evermann. (Bulletin for 1891, pp. 1-90.) 



A statistical report ou the fisheries of the Gulf States, by J. W. Collins and Hugh 

 M. Smith. (Bulletin for 1891, pp. 91-184.) 



Description of a new sucker, Panfosteus jorcla)ii, from the Upper Missouri Basin, by 

 Barton W. Evermann. (Bulletin for 1892, pp. 51-56. j 



Rejjort on a collection of fishes from the Albemarle region of North Carolina, by 

 Hugh M. Smith. ( Bulletin for 1891, pp. 185-200. ) 



Observiitious on the spawning habits of the shad, by S. G. Worth. (Bulletin for 



1891, pp. 201-200) 



A preliminary report on the aquatic invertebrate fauna of the Yellowstone National 

 Park, Wyoming, and of the Flathead region of Montana, by S. A. Forbes. (Bul- 

 letin for" 1891, pp. 207-258.) 



Notes on a collection of fishes from the southern tributaries of the Cumberland River 

 iu Keniucky and Tennessee, by P. H. Kirsch. (Bulletin for 1891, pp. 259-268.) 



Report on the fisheries oi the South Atlantic States, by Hugh M. Smith. (Bulletiu 

 for 1891, pp. 269-367.) 



There Avas also issued the complete report of the Commissioner, cov- 

 ering the fiscal years 1889-90 and 1890-91. (Report for 1889-91, pages 

 1 to 204, and i to XI.) 



The distribution of the publications of the Commission consisted of 

 2,700 bound volumes of the Reports and Bulletins, and about 11,000 

 copies of the various articles appearing therein. These were sent 

 more especially to libraries, scientific institutions, and persons specially 

 interested in the subjects respectively presented. 



