[5] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 791 



63. Capt. George H. Martin, sell. Northern Eagle. Sword-fish 

 (JKvpJiias gladius), taken oft' Portland (purchased). 



64. John H. Jellow, sch. George P. Whitman. Four specimens of 

 jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani), from lat. 42° 43' K, long. 63° 30' 

 W., 300 fathoms, (through Captain Blatchford). 



65. John A. Lundberg, Gloucester. Sponge (Chalina oculata), 

 George's Bank. 



66. Thomas Tresilian, Gloucester. Great bush-coral (Primnoa 

 reseda), George's Bank. 



67. John L. Smith, Gloucester. Egg-cases of an undetermined spe- 

 cies of Buccinum, taken by the crew of the sch. Conductor, Grand Banks, 

 and a great bush-coral {Primnoa reseda), from George's Bank. 



68. Capt. John Gourville, sch. Bebecca Bartlett. A star-fish 

 (Crossaster pappostis), sponge (Chalina), stemmed sea-peach (Boltenia 

 Bolteni), shells, spider crabs, cod parasite, sea cucumber (Thyonidium) 

 from a cod's stomach, bryozoa, &c. ; from eastern part of George's Bank, 

 50 fathoms. 



69. Henry F. Madden, Gloucester. Axis of great bush-coral (Prim- 

 noa reseda), from off Sable Island. 



70. Peter Mason, Gloucester. Shells and hydroids taken by crew 

 of sch. Hattie S. Clark, on Grand Banks. 



71. William M. Gaffney, Gloucester. Bowlder containing fossils, 

 from George's Bank. 



72. Sidney Friend, Gloucester. Bowlder containing fossil shells, 

 and specimens of rock perforated by Saxicava arctica ; from George's 

 Bank. 



73. Crew of sch. Wachusett. Iceland scollop shells (Pecten Islandicus), 

 hydroids, and barnacles, from Grand Banks. 



74. Crew of sch. Howard Holbrook. Scollop shells from Grand Banks. 



75. George McCollum, sch. Fitz J. Babson. King of the herrings 

 (Chinuvra plumbea), from Le Have Bank, 300 fathoms. 



76. John Atkinson, Gloucester. Claw of lobster (Homarus Ameri- 

 canus), showing supernumerary claw partially developed. 



77. George F. Eowe, East Gloucester. An interesting eel-pout 

 (Zoarces), from off Eastern Point, Cape Ann, 15 fathoms. 



78. Henry E. Burke, sch. Hattie S. Clark. Bryozoa and egg-cases 

 of Buccinum, from Grand Banks, 35 fathoms. 



79. Capt. George W. Dixon, sch. William T. Smith. Gulf-weed 

 incrusted with bryozoa and egg-cases of Buccinum, lat. 44° 57' N"., long. 

 51° 55' W., 40 fathoms, (through Captain Blatchford). 



80. Eugene F. Dixon, sch. William T. Smith. Hydroids and bryozoa, 

 from 15 miles east-southeast of Virgin Rocks, (through Captain Blatch- 

 ford). 



81. George W. Scott, sch. City of Gloucester. Sample of black 

 dogfish oil. 



82. Capt. J. W. Collins, sch. Marion. Two large species of Pen- 



