VIII CONTENTS. 



13. "Work accomplished in 1379— Continued. 



The Carp— Continued. Page. 



Production offish *. xxxvi 



The Arsenal station -. xxxvii 



The Druid Hill Park station xxxvii 



Distribution xxxvii 



Acquisition of a fresh supply from Europe xxxvii 



The C'o<Mi*li {Gadus mm-rh.ua) xxxvii 



The Gloucester station xxxvii 



Experiments in transporting young cod xxxvii 



Examination of Wood's Holl as a prospective station xxxviii 



The Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) xxxviii 



The experiment at Acova • xxxviii 



Disposition of the young xxxviii 



Transfer of living fish xxxviii 



To California, by L. Stone, at request of State commissioner. xxxviii 



Kinds offish taken ; disposition made of them xxxviii 



Carp, from Europe xxxiii 



Tables of the distribution of fish xxxiii 



Shad xxxix 



California salmon xxxix 



Penobscot salmon xxxix 



Schoodic salmon xxxix 



Carp, too few to tabulate xxxix 



I. Chronological record of shad distribution* xl-xl v 



II. Geographical record of shad distribution xlvi-li 



II.— APPEXDIX TO REPORT OF COMMISSIONER. 



APPENDIX A.— NATURAL HISTORY. 



I. W. d. Farlow. The marine Alg^e of New England. By Prof.W. G. Farlow 1 



II. A. E. Verrill. Eeport on the Cephalopods of the northeastern coast of America. 



By A. E. Verrill 211 



I. The gigantic squids (Architeuthis) and their allies, with observations on similar large 



species from foreign localities 211 



II. Monographic revision of the Cephalopods of the Atlantic coast, from Cape Hatteraa 

 to Newfoundland 



III. Otto Hernics. The propagation of the eel. By Dr. Otto Hermes 4"7 



IV. Ti.Jacoby, The eel question. By Dr. Jacoby 4GJ 



I. History of the eel question. — Antiquity (Aristotle).— Mediaeval and modern fables re- 

 garding the eel. — History of the discovery of the female eel. — Description of its 



ovaria 463 



H. History of the eel question (continued). — Discovery of the male eel.— Description of 

 the male organs. — Outward distinctions between male and female eels. — The eel 



question in Germany in 1S77 463 



III. The eel question (concluded). — Journey of the author to Comacchio and results of his 

 investigations. — Comparative statement of all the doubtful questions and different 



opinions regarding them 47C 



T. K.. Mobins. The food of marine animals. By Prof. K. Miibius 433 



APPENDIX B.— THE SEA FISHERIES 



VI. W.Finn. The Iceland herring fisheries. By W, Finn 493 



VII. Axel ].j II lignum. CONTRIBUTION TOWARD SOLVING THE QUESTION OF THE SECULAR 

 PERIODICITY OF THE GREAT HERRING FISHERIES. By Axel LjUUgman 407 



VIII. Axel Ljuilgman. COXTEIBUTIOKS TOWARD A MORE CORRECT KNOWLEDGE OF THE 



herring's mode of life. By Axel Ljungman 505 



IX. A. G. Iirnuse. The fisheries on the west coast of South Ameri :a. By A. G. 

 Kruuae 515 



