22 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



List of the common names of the basses and sun-fishes. By Hugh M. Smith. Report 



for 1902. 

 The fisheries and fish trade of Porto Rico. By W. A. Wilcox. Report for 1902. 

 Statistics of the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States. Report for 1902. 

 Records of the dredging and other collecting stations of the U. S. Fish Commission 



steamer Albatross in 1901-2. Report for 1902. 

 Isopods collected at the Hawaiian Islands by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer 



Albatross. By Harriet Richardson. Bulletin for 1903. 

 Birds of Lavsan and the Leeward Islands, Hawaiian Group. By Walter K. Plsher. 



Bulletin for 1903. 

 Notes on a porpoise of the genus Prodelphinus from the Hawaiian Islands. Bv 



Frederick W. True. Bulletin for 1903. 

 Supplement to list of publications of the United States Fish Commission available 



for distribution. Report for 1902. •* 



A catalogue of the shore fishes collected by the steamer Albatross about the Hawaiian 



Islands in 1902. By John Otterbein Snyder. Bulletin for 1902. 

 Notes on fishes collected in the Tortugas Archipelago. By David Starr Jordan. 



Bulletin for 1902. 

 Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1903. By George ^I. Bowers. 

 Records of the dredging and other collecting and hydrographic stations of the U. S. 



Fisheries steamer Albatross. By Harry C. Fassett. Report for 1903. 



The Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., has pub- 

 lished as Volume XLIII of its Bulletin, "'Reports on the Cephalo- 

 poda,"" by William E. Hoyle, based on collections made by the Fish- 

 eries steamer Albatross on its cruises to the west coast of Mexico, the 

 west coast of Central America, and the Galapagos Islands, in 1801, 

 and to the tropical Pacitic Ocean in 181)9-1900. 



The library of the Bureau in Washington is gradually being made 

 more complete in literature pertaining to fishing, fish-culture, aquatic 

 biology, angling, oceanography, and related subjects. During the 

 year the additions numbered 111 bound volumes and 369 unbound vol- 

 umes and pamphlets. Excellent working libraries have been main- 

 tained at the laboratories at Woods Hole and Beaufort. 



THE AMERICAN FISHERIES SOCIETY. 



This representative society, composed largely of national and state 

 officials devoted to the promotion of the fisheries, the cultivation of 

 food and g'ame fishes, and the protection of aquatic animals, met in 

 annual session at the station of the Bureau of Fisheries at Woods 

 Hole, Mass., July 21-23, 1903, George M. Bowers, United States Fish 

 Commissioner, being president. An interesting series of papers was 

 presented and discussed, and a prominent feature of the proceedings 

 was the dedication of the memorial to Prof. Spencer F. Baird, pro- 

 vision for which was made by the society at its meeting at Woods 

 Hole in 1901. The memorial consists of a large granite boulder 

 with suitably inscribed bronze tablet, and was set up in a conspicuous 

 place on the lawn of the Woods Hole station. Special exercises 

 attended the unveiling and dedication of the memorial, and addresses 

 were made by Prof. W. K. Brooks, Mr. E. W. Blatchford, Mr. 

 Livingston Stone, and Mr. Frank N. Clark. 



