[17] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 803 



228. Capt. Thomas Goodwin, sch. Elisha Crovrell. A large specimen 

 of the lancet-mouth (Alepidosaurus ferox) ; from Le Have Bank, 200 to 

 250 fathoms. 



229. Capt. Z. Hawkins and crew, sch. Gwendolen. Specimens of flesh- 

 colored soft coral (Alcyonium carneum), tree-coral (Pardgorgia arborea), 

 an eel-pout (Zoarces), lamper-eel (Petromyzon), long-nosed eel (Synapho- 

 branchus pinnatus), an embryo shark cut from the egg, Lamarck's basket- 

 fish (Astrophyton LamarcMi), large cluster sea-flower (Epizoanthus pa- 

 guriphila), a new hermit-crab (Parapagurus pilosimanus), and a fragment 

 of a hydroid (Tubularia indivisa) ; from lat. 42° 23' K, and long. 62° 20' 

 W., to 03° 20' W., 300 to 400 fathoms. 



230. Capt. William E. Sweet, sch. Grace C. Hadley. Sea-cucum- 

 bers (Thyonidium Dubenii), star-fish, and parasites of cod (JEga psora); 

 from lat. 42° 47' X., long. 65° 30' W., 55 fathoms. 



231. Capt. Chris. Anderson, sch. Solomon Poole. A large collec- 

 tion of hydroids (Sertularella polizonias var. rob wsta),bryozoa (Idmonea 

 atlantica, Caberea EUisii, Cellularia ternata var. gracilis), large green 

 baruacles (Balanus Hameri), sponges (Isodictya palmata), a sabelloid 

 worm (Potamilla reniformis), creeping coral (CornuIarieUa modesta), com- 

 pound ascidians (Lcptoclinum albidum, Amorcccium glabrum), stemmed 

 sea-peach (Boltenia Bolteni), and Ascidiopsis complanatus ; from 15 miles 

 east of Pollock Eip light-ship, 65 fathoms. 



232. Capt. Fitz J. Babson, Gloucester. A specimen of duck (Harelda 

 glaciali-s) in fine plumage ; shot in Squam Eiver, Cape Ann. 



233. George K. Allen, sch. M. H. Perkins. A spiny bush-coral 

 (Acanthogorgia armata), Funiculina armata, branching sponge, great 

 northern sea-feather (Pennatula borealis), spiuy sea-feather (Pennatula 

 aculeata), Finmark sea-feather (Balticina Finmarchica), warty sea-rose 

 ( Urticina nodosa), compound ascidian (Lcptoclinum albidum), blue hake 

 (Haloporphyrus viola), two long-nosed eels (Synaphobranchus pinnatus), 

 and a pug-nosed eel ; from 40 miles southwest of the northwest light 

 of Sable Island, 300 to 400 fathoms. 



234. Capt. George A. Johnson, sch. Augusta H. Johnson. Four 

 specimens of the pug-nosed eel, two of which were taken alive from a 

 large cavity which they had excavated along the backbone of a halibut 

 near the tail, long-nosed eel (Synaphobranchus pinnatus), skipper (Scom- 

 bresox saurus), egg of Chimcera plumbed (f), Lamarck's basket-fish (As- 

 trophyton LamarcMi), and jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani), bryozoa 

 (Gellaria fistulosa), large shrimp (Pandalus borealis), spiny, round sponge 

 (DorviUia echinata), creeping coral (CornuIarieUa modesta); from lat. 42° 

 47' N., long. 63° 10' W., 375 fathoms. 



235. Capt. James D. Morrisey, sch. Alice M. Williams. Baird's 

 devil-fish (Octopus Bairdii), branching-sponge, jointed bush-coral (Aca- 

 nella Normani), Lamarck's basket-fish (Astrophyton LamarcMi), deep- 

 water star-fish (Archaster Andromeda), Alcyonium carneum, large flowered 

 coral (Anthomastus grandiflorus), great sea-cucumber (Pentacta frondosa), 



