798 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [12] 



174. Capt. N. McPhee, sell. Carl Schurz. Fine specimen of the 

 gold-banded bush-coral (Keratoi'sis ornata), great northern sea-feather 

 (Pennatula borealis), a png-nosed eel (Simenchelys parasiticus), eel-like 

 fish (Synaplwbranchus), halibut parasites (JEga psora), free-swimming 

 ascidian (Salpa), and a warty bush coral (Paramuricea borealis); from 

 Sable Island Bank, lat. 43° 25' K, long. 59° 50' W., 300 fathoms ; also a 

 flying fish (Exocoetus, sp.); from lat, 41° 40' X, long. 02° 28' W. 



175. Andrew Colson, sch. Alice G. Wonson. A grenadier (Hacru- 

 rus Fabricii); from near George's Bank. 



176. Capt. Chas. Anderson and crew, sch. Alice G-. Wonson. A 

 specimen of tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea) and three specimens of a 

 great bush-coral (Primnoa reseda); from near George's Bank. 



177. George Allen, sch. Schuyler Colfax. Tbree species of star- 

 fish (Hippasteria phrygiana, Solaster endeca, and Crossaster papposus); 

 black rudder-fish (Palinurichthys pereiformis) ; bunches of spawn of an 

 unknown fish, large pebbles taken from the stomach of a cod, a vase- 

 shaped sponge, yellow cake-sponge, eggs of Buccinum, small sea- 

 cucumbers (Thyonidium elongatumt), tube-dwelling sea-anemones (Ceri- 

 antlius borealis), and a large number of shells of different species; from 

 between Le Have and Western Bank, 75 fathoms. 



178. Capt. Daniel O'Brien, sch. Guy Cunningham. A species of 

 horse-mackerel (Orcynus alalonga), taken on a trawl in 250 fathoms, on 

 Grand Banks. (Through Mr. John S. Bickford.) 



179. Geo. W. Scott, sch. Lizzie. Four great northern sea-feathers 

 (Pennatula borealis) ; two pug-nosed eels ; long-nosed eel (Synapho- 

 branchus); dollar-fish (Poronotus), taken from the stomach of a cod; sea- 

 spiders; sea-corn (eggs of Bucclnuni); halibut parasites; sponges; base 

 of gorgonian coral ; spawn of undetermined fish ; sample of oil from the 

 Chimcera ; and many specimens of jointed bush-coral (Acanella Norman i), 

 with pecten shells (Pecten vitreus) attached; from Banquereau, 300 

 fathoms. Acknowledgments are also due Mr. Scott for notes taken 

 daily during a trip to the banks for halibut. 



180. Daniel McEachern, sch. Guy Cunningham. A specimen of 

 Goode's cup-coral (Flabellum Goodei), taken on Grand Banks, in 200 

 fathoms. 



181. Capt. John Gourville, sch. Bebecca Bartlett. Many speci- 

 mens of a rare species of sea cucumber (Thyonidium elongatumf), taken 

 from the stomach oi a cod; long-rayed sea-rose (Bolocera Tuedice); stone 

 barnacles (Batanus porcatus) ; small crabs (Hyas coarctatus) ; and two 

 young gadoid fishes ; from eastern George's Bank, 50 fathoms. 



182. John Jellow, sch. Laura Nelson. Fragments of gold-banded 

 bush-coral (Keratoisis ornata) ; from Le Have Bank, 200 fathoms. 



183. Edward McQtjinn, Gloucester. Specimen of sucker-fish (Remo- 

 ropsis brachyptera), brought in by sch. W. H. Perkins, from Grand Banks, 

 250 fathoms. (The fish had fastened itself to a rock that came up on 

 the trawl.) 



