26 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
subsequent disposition of these specimens fell to the lot of Dr. Sumner. The tempera- 
ture and density determinations of August, 1907, were conducted by Mr. D. W. 
Davis, the series of November, 1907, and of March and June, 1908, being carried out 
by Dr. Sumner. The temperature records of August, 1909, for Nantucket Sound and 
Crab Ledge were obtained by Dr. Osburn and Dr. Cole. The systematic shore collect- 
ing already referred to was almost wholly in charge of the two last-named persons, each 
supported by a number of assistants detailed from the laboratory, while a careful 
examination of the fauna of certain brackish ponds of the region was undertaken by 
Dr. E. D. Congdon. 
A really complete list of those who are entitled to rank as collaborators in the 
work of the Survey or in the preparation of this report would include a larger number 
of names than could well appear upon the title-page. Our indebtedness to Mr. Vinal 
Edwards has already been expressed, and the services of certain assistants have been 
acknowledged in the discussion of various phases of the work. No inconsiderable credit 
for such success as has attended our efforts must be given to the commanders of the 
vessels employed during the dredging operations. Especial mention must be made of 
the able services of Boatswain James A. Smith, United States Navy, and Lieut. Franklin 
Swift, United States Navy, commanding in successive years the steamer Fish Hawk, 
and those of Mr. Robert N. Veeder, commanding the Phalarope. 
A list has already been given of those who have aided in the determination of 
species, and reference has been made to the fact that certain of these experts accom- 
panied many of the dredging expeditions, or at least examined the material immedi- 
ately after its arrival at the laboratory. Thus Messrs. Bigelow, Cushman, Hargitt, 
and Moore, and Misses Rathbun and Richardson were each present at the Woods Hole 
Laboratory during one or more of the seasons devoted to the Survey operations. 
Acknowledgment must here be made of the cordial cooperation and willing help of 
the foregoing persons and a number of others throughout the preparation of this report. 
Each portion of the annotated list, or ‘‘catalogue,’’ has been referred to a specialist for the 
revision of the nomenclature. In the main, the list given on page 19 might be repeated 
with the following qualifications: To Dr. Dall has been referred the portion of our list 
relating to the Mollusca, with the exception of the nudibranchs and the Pyramidellide, 
concerning which Dr. F. M. MacFarland® and Dr. Paul Bartsch, respectively, have 
been consulted. ‘To Miss Rathbun alone we have referred the manuscript relating to 
the local decapods; to Prof. Hargitt alone that relating to the coelenterates; and to 
Dr. Holmes alone the list of amphipods. Certain specialists not hitherto named have 
likewise been kind enough to criticize the classification and nomenclature in the case 
of various groups not represented in the dredging collections. Those deserving mention 
are: Dr. G. M. Allen and Dr. Lynds Jones (birds), Prof. G. N. Calkins (Protozoa, other 
than Foraminifera), Prof. Edwin Linton (parasitic flat worms and round worms), Mr. 
R. W. Sharpe (free living copepods), Dr. Leonhard Stejneger (reptiles), Dr. F. W. True 
(mammals), Prof. C. B. Wilson (parasitic copepods). 
In the case of certain minor groups the authors of the report must themselves 
assume responsibility for the nomenclature employed, this being based upon the best 
published work available. Some discussion will be devoted to the subject of classi- 
fication and nomenclature in the section dealing with the annotated list. 
a Dr. MacFarland has gone so far as to prepare for us a synopsis of considerable length, including the Woods Hole nudibranchs. 
