[11] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 797 



101. George W. Hoy, sell. Mary F. Chisholm. A species of file-fish 

 (Batistes capriscns), taken from the stomach of a halibut, and the axis 

 of a sea-pen, from Le Have Bank, 200 fathoms. 



102. Capt. Geo. A. Johnson, sch. A. H. Johnson. A large collec- 

 tion of rare fishes, including the grenadier (Macrurus Fabrieii), chi- 

 nisera (Chimcera plumbea), two species of black dogfish (Centroscyllium 

 and Centroscymnus), wolf-fish (Anarrhichas lupus ?), sucker fish (Bemor- 

 opsis brachyptera), lamprey (Petromyzon, sp.), &c. ; and also jaws of great 

 bank-squid (Sthenoteuthis megaptera), eggs of the halibut, a rare sponge, 

 sea-pens, shells, and a number of specimens of sea-anemones; from 

 Sable Island Bank, lat. 43° 22' ff., long. 00° 40' W., 280 to 300 fathoms. 



103. Capt. Andrew Curtis, ship Ida Lilly. Specimens of cuttle- 

 bone from the cuttle-fish (Sepia, sp. ?) ; bay of Cadiz, Spain. 



104. Capt. Daniel McKinnon, sch. Mary F. Chisholm. Specimens 

 of jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani) and barnacles; Le Have Bank, 

 lat. 42° 48' K., long. 03° 05' W., 100 fathoms. 



1G5. Capt. Wm. Thompson, sch. Magic. Sea-anemones, basket-fish, 

 great northern sea-feather (Pennatula borealis), fragment of tree-coral. 

 (Faragorgia arborea), sea urchins, rock bored by Saxicava arctica, and 

 eyes of the grenadier ; from Banquereau, 200 fathoms. 



100. David Boaoh, sch. Lizzie K. Clark. A pipe made from the 

 axis of the tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea). 



107. Capt. Matthew McDonald, sch. Lizzie K. Clark. Well-pre- 

 served specimens of chiumera (Chimcera plumbea) and an eel-like fish 

 (Synaphobra nchus pinnatus) ; and, also, the axis of a gold-banded bush- 

 coral (Keratoisis ornata), spiny bush-corals (Aeanthogorgia armata) and 

 jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani), large tube-worm (Protula media), 

 shells, sword-fish parasites, great club-sponge (Cladorhiza grandis), 

 basket-fish, and egg of shark; from Western Bank, lat. 43° 32' N., long. 

 59° 45' W., 250 fathoms. 



108. Capt. Thomas Jewett, sch. City of Gloucester. A number of 

 specimens of a rare sponge, base of a gorgonian coral, axis of a gold- 

 banded bush-coral (Keratoisis ornata), great northern sea-feather (Fen- 

 natula borealis), spiny sea-feather (Fennatula aculeata), shells, halibut 

 parasites (jEga psora), and eel-like fish (Synaphobranclms pinnatus) ; from 

 Le Have Bank, 150 fathoms. 



109. Capt, Thos. Goodwin, sch. Elisha Crowell. Eyes of fishes, base 

 of gorgonian coral, and rare sponge, from Sable Island Bank, 200 fath- 

 oms. 



170. Capt. Luke Devoe, sch. Epes Tarr. Branching bryozoans and 

 gasteropod egg cases from Grand Banks, 100 ( J ?) fathoms. 



171. Capt, Charles H. Nute, sch. Edward E. Webster. Two spe- 

 cies of branching bryozoa from the Grand Banks. 



172. Capt. Fitz. J. Babson, Gloucester. Two specimens of surf 

 duck ((Edemia), taken in Squam Biver, Cape Ann. 



173. John Atkinson, Gloucester. Bock showing concentric layers, 

 picked up on the beach near Western Avenue, Gloucester. 



