[3] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 789 



27. Capt. Joseph Goslin, sch. Shooting Star. Sponge (Chalina), 

 from 25 miles SE. of Saukaty Head, Nantucket, 18 fathoms. 



28. Sch. Charger. Specimen of the great, spiny spider-crab (Lithodes 

 maia), from Marblehead Bank. 



29. Sch. Phoenix. Skin of spear-fish (Tetrapturus albidus), from South 

 Channel. 



30. Sch. Lizzie K. Clark. Shells of Bwcinv.ni cyaneum, from 30 miles 

 south of Sable Island, in 200 fathoms. 



31. Capt. Charles Anderson, sch. Alice G. Wonson. Two speci- 

 mens of great bush-coral (Primnoa reseda), from the channel between 

 George's and Le Have Banks, about 200 fathoms. 



32. Capt. Stephen J. Martin. Living specimen of hagdon (Pvffi- 

 nus anglorum), from George's Bank. 



33. J. D. Lloyd, Gloucester. Stones bored by Saxicava arctica, 

 some also containing fossils, brought up on fishermen's lines, George's 

 Bank, 70 to 200 fathoms (exhibited at the Centennial); also two cunner- 

 traps, purchased. 



34. Capt. Wm. Blackburn, sch. Charles Carroll. Part of the skull 

 of a whale covered with sponges and bryozoans, from off the western 

 part of George's Bank, 80 fathoms. 



35. Capt. John Bowe, Gloucester. Specimens of great bush-coral 

 (Primnoa reseda), from Banquereau, 200 fathoms. 



36. Daniel Driscoll, sch. Polar Wave. Great bush-coral {Primnoa 

 reseda), from eastern part of Banquereau, 150 fathoms. 



37. Duncan McDonald, sch. Polar Wave. A specimen of great 

 bush-coral (Primnoa reseda), from the same locality; and specimens of 

 turbot (Platysomatichthys himwglossoidcs), from eastern Banquereau, 300 

 iathoms. 



38. Slade Gorton & Co. Salted sword-fish and codfish turned red. 



39. Capt. B. H. Hurlburt. A specimen of Giinther's midge (Hyp- 

 svptera argentea), from off Cape May ; new to the American coast. 



40. Fitz J. Babson, Jr. Lobster (Homarus americanus) with de- 

 formed claw. 



41. A. Voss. Devil's claw or box-hook, used in boxing fresh halibut 

 at Gloucester. 



42. Miss Carrie A. Bust, South Harpswell, Me. Barnacles (Lepas 

 fascicular is) from Harpswell, Me. 



43. Capt. James Tarr. French hooks taken from codfish caught on 

 shoal ground off the salvages, in 1856, and Jeffrey's Ledge, 1876. 



44. John Douglass, Gloucester. Specimen of ribbon-snake (Eutania 

 saurita). 



45. John I. Wilson, sch. Otis D. Dana. Specimens of white-necked 

 gull-chaser, or Pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomatorliinus), from south- 

 eastern part of George's Bank, lat. 41° 3'; and barnacles from a turtle 

 caught at sea, by sch. Falcon. 



46. Samuel Haskell, East Gloucester. Fossiliferous bowlder from 



