[47] COLLECTIONS MADE BY FISHING VESSELS. 833 



oins; and a lump-fish (Cyclopterus lumpus), from Liverpool Harbor, Nova 

 Scotia. 



507. Capt. Gilman Gilpatrick, sell. Beth Stockbridge. Stones 

 with sponges, bry ozoa (Tubuliporia simplex?, Porella rosacea), and corals 

 attached, and a red spider-crab (Hyas coarctatus) ; from Banquereau, 250 

 fathoms. 



508. Thomas McKinnon, Gloucester. A spotted sand flounder 

 (Lopliopsetta maculata). 



509. Capt. John Q. Getchell and crew, sch. Otis P. Lord. Speci- 

 mens of rock-crabs (Cancer irroratus), halibut, parasites (JEga psora), 

 hydroids (Sertularella polyzonias var. robusta), shells (Saxicava rugosa, 

 Modiola modiolus, Anomia aculeata), nipple sponge (Polymastia), sea-cu- 

 cumber (Tliyonidium elongatum), stone barnacles (Balanus porcatus), 

 large green barnacle (Balanus Rameri), great scallop (Pectcn tenuicos- 

 tatus), stemmed sea-peach (Boltenia Bolteni), bryozoa (Caberea Ellisii), 

 and a young striped sea-robin, (Prionotus evolans); from the eastern part 

 of George's Bank, 50 fathoms. 



510. Capt. John McKinnon and crew, sch. Rutherford B. Hayes. A 

 hook with petrified bait, large shriinp, crab (Cancer), unidentified fish 

 from the stomach of a cod, slime-fish (Myxine glutinosa), eel (Zoarces), 

 and silver hake or whiting (Merlucius Mlinearis); from lat. 42° 58 X., 

 long. 69° 14' W., 4G fathoms. 



511. Samuel G. Wonson, sch. John S. McQuin. Samples of the food 

 of mackerel (Scomber scombrus) ; taken during the summer months oft 

 the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts. 



512. Capt. Michael Wells, sch. Water Spirit. A great spiny spider- 

 crab (Lithodes maia), from 15 miles southeast of Seguin, Me. 



513. Capt. Briggs Gilpatrick and crew, sch. Herbert M. Rogers. 

 Earll's many-rayed star-fish (Solaster EarlUi), lamprey (Petromyzon), a 

 pug-nosed eel (Simenchleys parasiticus), rudder-fish (Palinurichthys per- 

 ciformis), lancet-mouth (Alepidosaurus ferox), and twenty-five young 

 dog-fish (Centroscymnus ccelolepis), each G inches long, and taken from 

 the parent; from lat. 42° 46' N., long. 63° 18' W., 200 fathoms. 



514. Capt. Samuel Peeples and crew, sch. Addison Center. A 

 twin-gilled eel (Synaphobrcmcliuspinnatus); from lat. 42° 41' N. long. 62° 

 58' W., 150 fathoms. 



515. Lewis McDonald, North Haven, Me. A large perforated 

 rock covered with crustaceans and hydroids; found by the sch. Nevada, 

 Capt. B. L. Tracey, in North Bay, 17 fathoms. 



51G. Geo. W. Scott, sch. Mary Story. Specimen of stone barnacles 

 (Balanus porcatus), large green barnacle (Balanus Hameri), scallops 

 (Pecten vitrcus and Pecten tenuicostatus), horse mussel (Modiola modiolus), 

 bank clam (Cyrtodaria siliqua), Anomia aculeata, cockles, gastropod 

 eggs, crabs (Hyas and Cancer), hermit crabs, parasites (JEga psora), 

 nipple sponge (Polymastia), coral, star-fish (Asterias), variegated ser- 

 pent-stars (Ophiopholis aculeata), hydroids (Sertularella tricuspidata, Ser- 

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