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George's Bank, brought in, January, 1878, by scb. Conductor, Capt. 

 Curtis; also bryozoans and fossiliferous bowlder fromtlie Grand Banks, 

 brought in by sch. Etta E. Tanner, Captain Olsen. 



47. E. P. Sayward, Jr., East Gloucester. Fossiliferous bowlder from 

 George's Bank, showing burrows of Saxicava arctica. 



48. Capt. Nicholas Murphy, sch. Franklin S. Schenck. Pebbles 

 covered with bryozoans, from Whaleman's Shoal, off Nantucket, 14 

 fathoms. 



49. Joseph Nolan, sch. Bessie W. Somes. Specimens of great bush- 

 coral (Primnoa reseda), from Bauquereau, 180 fathoms. 



50. James Meek, sch. Alice G. Wonson. Specimen of tree-coral 

 (Paragorgia arborea), from gully between Brown's and George's Banks, 

 220 fathoms. 



51. Arnold Carlsen, sch. Alice G. Wonson. Specimen of jointed 

 bush-coral (Acanella Normani), from same locality as 50. 



52. Capt. Benjamin Blatchford, Gloucester. Specimen of great 

 bush-coral (Primnoa reseda), from Bauquereau, 215 fathoms. 



53. Capt. Henry Webb, Milk Island, Rockport. Specimen of lobster- 

 pot, bait-hook, 50 specimens of pollock (Pollachius carbonarius), 4 of 

 whiting (Merlucius bilinear 'is) , and 2 of Greenland sculpin (Cottus grozn- 

 landicus), from Milk Island weir. 



54. G. A. Boardman, Calais, Me. Specimen of spotted wry-mouth 

 (Cryptacanthodes maeulatus), from Calais. 



55. James Mansfield & Sons, Gloucester. Bowlder containing fos- 

 sil shells, from George's Bank. 



5G. H. G. Sanford, Gloucester. Bowlder similar to last. 



57. Everett P. Wonson, East Gloucester. Specimens of Buccinum, 

 Fusus, Iceland scollop (Pecten Islandieus), and niillipores, from New- 

 foundland-, a bunch of barnacles (Balanus porcatus), large green bar- 

 nacle (Balanus Hameri), from the western part of George's Bank, 50 

 fathoms (sch. John F. Wonson), and shells from Middle Bank. 



58. Capt. Jerome McDonald, sch. G. P. Whitman. Two specimens 

 of the lancet-mouth (Alepidosaurus ferox), from lat. 42° 13' N., long. 63° 

 30' W., 300 fathoms (through Capt. Benjamin F. Blatchford). 



59. George P. Whitman, Rockport. Mounted specimens of Rich- 

 ardson's jaeger-gull (Stercorarius parasiticus). 



00. Capt. William McDonald, sch. N. H. Phillips. Fragment of 

 tree coral (Paragorgia arborea), from Seal Island Bank, 200 fathoms, 

 (through Captain Blatchford). 



Gl. Crew of sch. Alice G. Wonson. Specimens of tree-coral (Para- 

 gorgia arborea), from the gully between George's and Le Have Banks; 

 lat. 42° 10' N., long. 65° 38' W., depth 220 fathoms. 



62. Capt. Charles A. Homans, Gloucester. Specimens of sipo wood, 

 used by the Carib Indians of South America for intoxicating and catch- 

 ing fish; and specimens of codfish from the West Indian market. 



