[37] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 823 



haddock {Scbastcs), from 3J miles southeast of Eastern Point, Cape Ann. 



414. Capt. Amos N. Racliff, sch. Fleetwing. A rare sucking-fish 

 {Remoropsis branchyptera), taken from a sword-fish about 15 miles south- 

 east of Matinicus Rock, coast of Maine. 



415. Capt. Wm. McDonald, sch. N. H. Phillips. Specimens of jointed 

 bush-coral (Acanella Normani), tree-coral {Paragorgia arborea), Earll's 

 many rayed star-fish (Solaster Earllii), basket star-fish {Astrophyton), 

 Iceland scallops {Pecten Islandicm), great northern sea-feather (Pcnnatula 

 boreal is), and a skate's egg with small barnacles attached ; from lat. 44° 

 4' K, long. 59° C W., 300 fathoms. 



416. Charles Ruckley, sch. H. A. Duncan. Specimens of flesh- 

 colored soft coral {Alcyonium carneum), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multi- 

 Horum), Mga psora (parasitic on the halibut), stout devil-fish {Octopus 

 obesus) from stomach of halibut, small Crustacea ( Caprclla, Asselodes alta), 

 warty sea-roses ( Urticina nodosa), sea-feather {Pcnnatula aculeata and 

 Balticina Finmarchica), one-sided star-fish (Stephanasterias albula), La- 

 marck's basket-fish {Astrophyton LamarcMi), variegated serpent-star 

 (Ophiopholis aculeata), spiny serpent-star (Ophiacantha spectaMUsf), com- 

 mon serpent-star {Ophiacantha bidentata), sponges, jointed bush-coral 

 {Acanella Normani), tree-coral {Paragorgia arborea), perforated rocks, a 

 quantity of oil made from the livers of Greenland dog-fish ( CentroscylUum 

 Fabric/!), Norway haddock {Sebastes marinus) taken from a halibut's 

 stomach, and two specimens of a Greenland grenadier (Coryphwnoides 

 Strbmii) not hitherto discovered in American waters. This collection is 

 from 30 miles east of the northeast light of Sable Island, 160 to 300 

 fathoms. 



417. Capt. Thomas Olsen, sch. Epes Tarr. Sea-feathers {Balticina 

 Finmarchica and Pcnnatula borealis), warty sea-rose {Urticina nodosa), 

 large-flowered sponge-coral {Anthomastus grand if or us), and an undeter- 

 mined polyp; from hit. 43° 20' K, long. 60° W., 220 fathoms. 



418. Capt. James Nickerson, sch. Bellerophon. Spechnens-of com- 

 mon basket-fish {Astrophyton Agassizii), Lamarck's basket-fish (Astro- 

 phyton LamarcMi), sea-corn (Buccinum eggs), ruffled sea-rose (Actinemus* 

 nobilis), warty sea-rose {Urticina nodosa), flesh-colored soft coral {Al- 

 cyonium carneum), sea-pen (Pennatula), brittle stars (Ophioglypha), unde- 

 termined coral, gold-banded bush-coral (Keratoisis ornata), jointed bush- 

 coral {Acanella Normani), large-flowered bush-coral (Anthothela grandi- 

 fiora), and blue hake (Haloporphyrus viola); from lat. 44° 13' N., long. 

 58° 2' W., 175 fathoms. 



410. Samuel McQuin and Charles Gerring-, East Gloucester. 

 A French "bill-fish" (Scombrcsox saurus) that leaped into the dory while 

 they were rowiug in Gloucester Harbor. 



420. Capt. Melvin Gilpatrick, sch. Polar Wave. Sea-feathers {Pen- 

 natula borealis and Balticina Finmarchica), Gorgonian or bush-corals 

 (Acanella Normani and Paramuricea borealis), warty sea-rose {Urticina 

 nodosa), a branching sponge, tubes of an unknown worm, and two speci- 



