800 REFORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [14] 



195. Maj. David W. Low, Gloucester. A collection of fossil-bearing 

 rocks from George's Bank. 



196. William Eiley, sck. Grace C. Haclley. A living specimen of 

 fulmar petrel, taken on a hook on the eastern part of George's Bank. 



197. William H. Batson, sck. Marion. Base of great busk-coral 

 (Primnoa reseda)', from eastern part of Banquereau, 150 fathoms. 



198. Joe. Menezes, Gloucester. A specimen of herring-gull taken in 

 Gloucester Harbor. 



199. Capt. Peter Johnson, sch. John Smith. Eggs of Buccinum, 

 small sea-cucumber (Thyonidium elongatumf) taken from the stomach of 

 a cod, shells (Pecten, TerebratuUna, Velutina laevigata, Modiola modiolus, 

 Anomia aeuleata), parasite of cod (JEga psora), stone barnacles (Balanus 

 porcatus), rosy, many-rayed star-fish (Crossaster papposus), and young 

 gadoid fishes, compound ascidian (Amorcccium glabrum); from south- 

 eastern part of George's Bank, 45 fathoms. 



200. Everett P. Wonson, East Gloucester. A sponge, eggs of 

 undetermined fish, star- fish (Crossaster papposus), and a rock covered 

 with shells, sponges, and bryozoans. Brought in by Capt. Anderson, 

 sch. Farragut, from eastern part of George's Bank, GO fathoms. 



201. Capt. Geo. A. Johnson, sch. Augusta H. Johnson. A small speci- 

 men of black dog-fish (CentroscyUium Fabricii), pug-nosed eel, long-nosed 

 eel (Synaphobranchus), several specimens of a rare barnacle (Scalpellum)^ 

 eggs of skate, beak of squid, and hairy cake-sponge (Trichostemma 

 hemisphcericum)', from Le Have Bank, 300 fathoms. (Through Captain 

 Blatchford.) 



202. Cunningham & Thompson, Gloucester. A large sponge from 

 Le Have Bank. 



203. T. J. Knowles, Gloucester. A large hake's sound (dried) from 

 a 35-pound fish. 



201. Fred. A. Pearce, Gloucester. Five specimens of star-fish (Hip- 

 pasteria phrygiana), rock covered with shells, &c, and a small bill-fish. 

 Brought in by Capt. McComisky, sch. Wachusett, from Western Bank. 



205. James Devan, Gloucester. Base of an interesting coral from 

 the extreme eastern part of George's Bank, 180 fathoms. 



206. Capt. D. McKinnon and crew, sch. Mary T. Chisholm. Eare 

 barnacles (Scalpcllum), jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani), eggs of 

 skate, stickleback (Gasterosteus biaculeatus), and three specimens of the 

 long-nosed eel (Synaphobrancliiis) ; from southeast Le Have Bank, 300 

 fathoms. 



207. Daniel McIntire, Gloucester. Specimens of gypsum from near 

 the mouth of the river St. Lawrence. 



208. Capt. John Gourville, sch. Eebecca Bartlett. Two species of 

 sea-cucumbers, pale sea-orange (Psolus pliantapus), star-fish (Solaster 

 endecaf), eggs of undetermined fish, and a mass of bottom formation; 

 from Eastern George's, 45 fathoms. 



209. Crew of sch. Northern Star. A great spiny spider-crab (Lithodes 

 onaia); from four miles off Eastern Point, 35 fathoms. 



