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eel (Nemichthys scolopacea (?)),froiu the stomach of a codfish taken in May, 

 1875, on the southeastern part of G*eorge's Bank, in 45 fathoms. This 

 fish had hitherto been known only from the Island of Madeira and vhe 

 South Atlantic. 



7. Capt. Robert H. Hurlburt. Spawn of herring (?) , from G eorge's 

 Bank, 35 fathoms, February, 1878. 



8. Thomas Burns. Specimens of the chiinrera (Ghimcera plumbed) 

 and of the lancet-mouth (Alepidosaurus ferox), from George's Bank. 



9. Capt. George H. Martin. Five swords of the sword-fish (Xiphias 

 gladius), from the South Channel. 



10. John Parsons. Young pipe-fish (Syngnathus fuscus), from the 

 stomach of a " daddy sculpin," Gloucester. 



11. Capt. John Gowrville, sch. Rebecca Bartlett. Tail of sword- 

 fish {Xipliias gladius), from George's Bank. 



12. Antoine Silva-Terra, sch. Bebecca Bartlett. Skins of undeter- 

 mined species of dogfish. 



13. Capt. A. F. Bich, Boston. Femora or sucker fish (Remoropsis 

 brachyptera), from a sword-fish taken in the South Channel. 



14. Higgins & Gifford, Gloucester. Model of a Gloucester fish- 

 wharf and fish-houses, exhibited by the city of Gloucester at the Phila- 

 delphia Exposition of 1876. 



15. Capt. R. H. Hurlburt. Shells of the great scollop (Pecten 

 tenuicostatus) and parasites of codfish, from George's Bank. 



16. A. Bartlett, New Bedford, Mass. Specimen of the smooth 

 puffer or rabbit-fish (Tetrodon Icevigatw), from Buzzard's Bay. 



17. Capt. George H. Martin, sch. Northern Eagle. Specimen of 

 •pipe-fish (Syngnathus fuscus), from Provincetown, Mass. 



18. W. A. King. Specimen of great bush-coral (Primnoa reseda), 

 taken by the sch. Otis D. Dana, on George's Bank, in 100 fathoms. 



19. Michael J. Murphy, sch. Magic. Specimens of tree coral (Para- 

 gorgia arborea), from the Grand Banks, and jointed bush-coral (Acanella 

 Xormani), from Banquereau. 



20. Capt. Jerome McDonald, sch. G. P. Whitonan. A rock covered 

 with bryozoans, from Banquereau. 



21. Robert Douglass. Specimen of phantom eel (Leptocephalus, sp.), 

 from the mouth of Gloucester Harbor. 



22. William Carritt, sch. Mary E. A species of shell-fish new to 

 the American coast, from Flemish Cap, 75 fathoms. 



23. Alfred Polsen, sch. Mary E. Hat-sponge, from Flemish Cap, 

 75 fathoms. 



24. William Kearney, sch. Marathon. Finger-sponge (Chalina), 

 from George's Bank. 



25. Nicholas Cayener, sch. Marathon. Finger-sponge (Chalina) 

 and dogfish skins, from George's Bank. 



26. Sch. Northern Star. Three living hagdons (Puffinus anglorum), 

 from George's Bank. 



