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coral (Anthomastus grandiflorus), gold-banded busli-coral (Keratoisis 

 ornata), flesh-colored soft coral (Alcyonium carneum), long-rayed velvet- 

 star (Archaster Andromeda), Lamarck's basket-fish (Astrophyton La- 

 marckii), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multifiorum), brittle- stars (Ophio- 

 glypha), sea-corn (Buccinum eggs), ascidians, pug-nose eels (Simenchelys 

 parasiticus), and a Greenland fish (Stomias ferox) not hitherto taken on 

 our coast; from lat. 44° 12' N., long. 58° 56' W., 230 fathoms. 



440. Capt. E. Morrison and crew, sch. Laura Nelson. A great 

 northern sea-feather (Pennatula borealis) and a lamprey eel (Petromyzon) ; 

 from lat. 11° 5' E"., long. 63° 50' W., 160 fathoms. 



411. Capt. John A. McCormack, sch. Wachusett. A large warty 

 sea-rose ( Urticina nodosa), cluster of barnacles taken at surface, great 

 northern sea- feather (Pennatula borealis), and a specimen of warty bush- 

 coral (Paramuricea borealis)', from lat. 43° 19' N., long 60° 36' W., 250 

 fathoms. 



442. Capt. G. H. Curtis and crew, sch. Conductor. A warty sea- 

 rose (Urticina nodosa), lamprey eel (Petromyzon), long-nose eel (Synapho- 

 branchus pinnatus), and pug-nose eel (Simenchelys parasiticus); from 

 lat. 43° 5' X., long. 61° 3' W., 150 fathoms. 



113. J. F. Fowles, Gloucester, engineer of steamer Geo. H. Brad- 

 ley. A Lydroid and a young hake (Phycis) taken at the surface oft' the 

 coast of Maine ; a skull of the dogfish (Squalus acanthias) from Pemaquid 

 Beach, a star-fish, young codti.sh (Gadus morrhua), and piece of con- 

 glomerate from Pemaquid Bay, Maine; a "parakeet" from Great Egg 

 Bock, Maine; and a specimen of Squilla caught off Nearit Light, in 

 Providence Biver, June 2, 1879, S fathoms. 



444. Capt. Jos. Tupper, sch. Madawaska Maid. A large pipe-fish 

 (Syngnathus), and a shell (Bticcinum, sp.); from Townsend Harbor, 

 Maine. 



415. Capt. Bandal Pinkham, sch. Henry L. Phillips. A fresh cod- 

 fish (Gadus morrhua), gray and yellow mottled; caught on the eastern 

 part of George's Bank. 



410. Capt. Edward Trevoy, sch. Procter Brothers. Specimens of 

 bush-coral (Acanella Normani), large scaly stemmed barnacles (JScal- 

 pellum), iskates^eggs) pug-nose eel (Simenchelys parasiticus), long-nose 

 u eel (Synapltobranchus pinnatus ), lancet mouth (Alepidosaurus ferox), and 

 ij 3u"albicore" (Orcynus thynnusf) ; from lat. 42° 33' N., long. 64° 20' W., 300 

 fathoms ; also a barn swallow which came aboard the vessel at the same 

 locality. 



447. Mr. Charles Buckley, sch. H. A. Duncan. Specimens of 

 flesh-colored soft coral (Alcyonium carneum), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium 

 multijlorum), jointed bush-coral (Acanella Normani), large flowered 

 sponge coral (Anthomastus grandijlonis), parasites (JEga psora), branch- 

 ing sponges, sea-feathers (Balticina Finmarchica, Pennatula borealis, and 

 Pennatula aculeata), rare shells (Buccinum cyaneum), two rare species of 

 star-fish, long-rayed velvet-star (Archaster Andromeda), long spiued 



