XXXII.— DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION 

 IN 1871 TO DECEMBER 31, 18T9. 



Compiled by C. W. Smiley. 



1S71. 



1. [Serial mark Ef .] Letter addressed to fishermen and others liv- 

 ing on the shores of Lake Michigan, and announcing that fishes with 

 metallic tags had been liberated at twenty points, and asking for infor- 

 mation about their subsequent capture. Circular and 5 questions. 1 

 page. 1G by 19 cm . 



1872. 



2. [Serial mark Ef.] Memoranda of inquiry. Circular. 1 page. 



3. [Serial mark Ef-.] Questions relative to the food-fishes of the 

 United States; name, distribution, abundance, size, migrations and 

 movements, relationships, food, reproduction, artificial culture, protec- 

 tion, diseases, parasites, capture, economical value, and application. 88 

 questions. 7 pp. 9.-5 by 17™. 



4. [Serial mark Ef.] Letter to accompany No. 3, inviting information 

 concerning food-fishes. Circular. 1 page. 1G by 14 cm . 



1873. 



5. [Serial mark Ef .] Statistics of the menhaden fisheries. Announce- 

 ment of a proposed investigation, with questions concerning name, 

 abundance, migration and movements, food, reproduction, enemies and 

 fatalities, capture, economical value, and applications. Circular and G5 

 questions. 4 pp. 16 by 20 cm . 



G. [Serial mark E£.] Part I. Eeport on the condition of the sea- 

 fisheries of the south coast of New England in 1871 and 1872, by 

 Spencer F.Baird, Commissioner. Pamphlet. 8vo. 47 pp. 11.2 by 19. 5 cm . 



7. Part I. Eeport on the condition of the sea-fisheries of the south 

 coast of New England in 1871 and 1872, by Spencer F. Baird, Commis- 

 sioner, with supplementary papers. Cloth. Svo. Pp. xlvii-852. 

 Plates xxxviii, with 38 leaves explanatory to plates. 2 maps. 



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