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263. Capt. James D. Morrisey and crew, sch. Alice M. Williams. A 

 small pelagic fish (Scopelus sp.), washed aboard during a storm. Also, 

 two rocks, from lat. 43° 25' K, Long. 61° 25' W., 200 fathoms. 



264. Angus McNeil, sch. Marion. A portion of the skull and tusks 

 of a walrus, hooked up on a trawl, in 75 fathoms of water; lat. 42° 53' 

 K, long. 63° 05' W. 



265. Capt. Joseph W. Collins and crew, sch. Marion. A smooth 

 bob-tailed squid (Bossia sublevis), Baird's devil-fish (Octopus Bairdii), 

 five specimens of the great northern sea-feather (Pennatiila borealis), a 

 pug-nosed eel (Simenchelys parasiticus), a slime-eel (Myxine glutinosa), 

 and eggs of Chimcera^.); from lat. 42° 49' X., long. 62° 57' W., 200 to 

 300 fathoms. 



266. Capt. Daniel McKinnon and crew, sch. Mary F. Chisholm. 

 Two specimens of lamprey-eels (Petromyzon), stone barnacles (Balanus 

 porcatus), and jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani); from lat. 43° 14' 

 N., long. 62° 45' W., 55 fathoms. 



267. Captain and crew of sch. Ida May. A specimen of the great spiny 

 spider-crab (Lithodes maia) ; from 7 miles off Eastern Point, 35 fathoms. 



268. Charles Buckley, sch. William H. Oakes. A blue hake (Halo- 

 porphyrus viola), two specimens of Scopelus sp., a sand launce (Ammodytes 

 sp.), four spiny sea-feathers (Pennatiila aculeata), a Finmark sea-feather 

 (Balticiu.a Finmarchica), a deep-water star-fish (Asterias steltionura), a 

 soft coral (Alcyonium carncum), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multiflorum), 

 jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani), shells, and sea-anemones; from 

 latitude 44° 8' N., long. 53° 20' W., 300 fathoms. 



269. Thomas Lee, sch. William H. Oakes. A very rare goggle-eyed 

 squid (Besmoteuthis hyperborca), taken with a gaff from the vessel's deck, 

 on the northern edge of the Gulf Stream, long. 55° W. Not known be- 

 fore from this coast. 



270. George W. Scott, sch. Edwin C. Dolliver. A large deep-water 

 skate (Baia granulata), the second specimen obtained, two other skates 

 (Baia radiata), two monk-fish (Bophius piscatorius), Finmark sea-feather 

 (Balticina Finmarchica), and two tube-dwelling sea-anemones (Cerianthus 

 borealis) ; from 36 miles southeast by east of N. E. light of Sable Island, 

 90 to 150 fathoms. 



271. Capt. William Sweet, sch. Grace C. Hadley. A young Nor- 

 way haddock (Sebastes), slender purple star-fish (Beptasterias compta), 

 red spider-crab (Hyas araneus), small sea-cucumber (Thyonidium Bu- 

 beniif), tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea), finger-sponge, red sea-roses ( Ur- 

 ticina crassicornis), twining serpent-star (Astrochele Bymani), variegated 

 serpent-star (OpMopholis aculeata), yellow cake-sponge, crab, and worms; 

 from Brown's Bank, 70 fathoms. 



272. Matt. Byan and others, sch. Lizzie, Capt. E. Grant. Two 

 specimens of a tube-dwelling sea-anemone (Cerianthus borealis), two soft 

 corals (Alcyonium carneum), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multiflorum), a 



