[23] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 809 



282. Captain and crew, sell. Polar Wave. Two great northern sea-feathers 

 (Pennatula borealis), warty sea-rose (Urticina nodosa), sea-corn (eggs of 

 Bnccinum), cup-sponge (Isodictya), slimy sponge (Raphiodesma lingua), 

 pug-nosed eel, long-nosed eel (Syna/phobranchwpinnatus), and rare shells; 

 from the western edge of Grand Banks, lat. 44° 18' N"., 200 to 225 fathoms. 



283. Capt. J. W. Collins and crew, sch. Marion. Two rare deep- 

 water skates, one black dog-fish (Centroscyllium Fabricii), a pelagic fish 

 (Scopelus) washed aboard, sponges, and a rock with sea-anemone attached ; 

 from lat. 44° 33' N., long. 64° 48' W.,150 fathoms. 



284. Capt. James D. Moeeisey and crew, sch. Alice M. Williams. 

 A specimen of Scopelus washed aboard, and a Norway haddock (Sebastes), 

 Finmark sea-feather (Balticina Finmarchica), flesh-colored soft coral 

 (Alcyonium carneum), and a Lamarck's basket-fish (Astrophyton La- 

 marcMi) ; from near lat. 40° X., long. 55° 50' W. • 



285. Heney Wilson, sch. Flash. Several warty sea-roses ( Urticina 

 nodosa), red sea-rose (Urticina crassicornis), eggs of Gasteropod, small 

 velvet-star (Ctcnodiscus crispatus), sponges, several species of shells, and 

 three gulls (Rissa tridactyla); from lat, 49° 9' N, long. 52° 3' W., 180 

 fathoms. 



280. Capt. William Thompson and crew, sch. Magic. Great northern 

 sea-feather (Pennatula borealis), warty sea-roses ( Urticina nodosa), sea- 

 mouse (Aphrodita), yellow cake-sponge, hairy cake-sponge (Trichostemma 

 hemisphajricum), papillose yellow cake-sponge, sea-corn (eggs of Bucci- 

 num), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multijlorum), Lamarck's basket-fish (As- 

 trophyton Lamarckii), Flora's velvet-star (Archastcr Flora;), and arock 

 bored by Saxicava artica; from lat. 44° 55' X., long. 52° W., 150 fathoms. 



287. Capt. K. Moeeison and crew, sch. Laura Nelson. Two speci- 

 mens of the slime-eel (Myxinc glutinosa), and sea cauliflower (Alcyonium 

 multijfomm); from lat. 43° 33' IS., long. 52° 10' W., 300 fathoms. 



288. Michael Flaherty, Gloucester. Bones from the head of a 

 shark. 



289. Capt. James Nickeeson and crew, sch. Commonwealth. An 

 undetermined young shark, taken from the mother, in lat. 45° 7' N., long. 

 54° 30' W., 82 fathoms. 



290. Geoege W. Scott, sch. Edwin C. Dolliver. Two black dog-fish 

 (Centroscyllium Fabricii), three slime-eels (Myxinc glutinosa), a blue hake 

 (Haloporphyrus viola), grenadier (Macrurus Fabricii), two turbot, two 

 great northern sea- feathers (Pennatula borealis), two Finmark sea-feathers 

 (Balticina Finmarchica), and a deep-water star- fish (Asterias stellionura); 

 from lat. 44° 45' K, long. 53° 54' W., 400 fathoms. Also a grenadier 

 (Macrurus Fabricii), two long-nosed eels (Synaphobranchus pinnatus), 

 three star-fish (Ctenodiscus), a sponge, and two species of shells; from 

 lat. 44° 23' K, long. 53° 25' W., 200 fathoms. 



291. Capt. John Kavanagh and crew, sch. Alfred Walen. Spawn 

 of unknown fish, sea- worm (Nereis pelagica), variegated serpent star 



Ophiopholis aculeata), shells containing hermit-crabs (Eupagurus bem- 



