834 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. [48] 



tularin argent ea), bryozoa (Tubulipora simplex? Bugula Murray ana, Bis- 

 copora ventricosa, Alcyonidium rubrdm), scaly worm, sand eel (Ammodytes 

 americanus), dollar-fish (Argyreiosus vomer), Norway haddock (Sebastes 

 marinas), and two fine specimens of albicore, or horse mackerel (Orcijnns 

 thynnus) ; from lat. 41° 58' K, long, about 66° 30' W., 45 fathoms. Also 

 several blue crabs (Callinectes hastatus), spotted sand flounders (Lophop- 

 setta maculata), and American sole (Achirus lineatus), from Providence 

 River, R. I.; and a small bluefish {Pomatomus saltatrix), from Vineyard 

 Sound. 



517. Charles Euckley, sch. Electric Elash. Specimens of amphi- 

 pods, common northern squid (Ommastrephcs illecebrosus), lump-fish (Cy- 

 clopterus lumpus), dollar-fish {Argyreiosus vomer), young hake (Phycis), 

 spotted flounder (Lophopsetta maculata), stickleback (Gasterosteus acu- 

 leatus), a small fish (Phycis, sp.), and mackerel stomachs ; from off Seguin, 

 Me., about 50 fathoms. 



518. Capt. John Gouryille and crew, sch. Eebecca Bartlett. Stone 

 barnacles (Balanus porcatus), and a cat-fish (Anarrhichas lupus)', from 

 lat. 42° io' K, long. 66° 30' \V\, 50 fathoms. 



519. Capt. Nathaniel Greenleaf and crew, sch. Grace L. Fears. 

 Specimens of bush-corals (Acanella Normani and Acanthogorgia armata), 

 tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea), large flowered sponge-coral (Anthomastus 

 grand ijlorus), red sea-rose (Urticina crassicornis), lamp-shells (Tcrrebra- 

 tulina septentrional is), amphipods, hydroids, variegated serpent-stars 

 (Ophiopholis aculeata), Lamarck's basket-fish (Astrophyton Lamarckii), 

 scallops (Pecten vitreus), scaly worm, twin-gilled eel (Synaphobranchus 

 pinnatus), and a pug-nosed eel (Simenchelys parasiticus)', from lat. 43° 

 48' N., long. 590 w., 250 fathoms. 



520. Frank Williams, through Procter Brothers, Gloucester. Speci- 

 men of bill-fish (Scombresox saurus); caught in Squam Eiver, October 

 15, 1879. 



521. Edward F. Hoyt, Gloucester. A specimen of pipe-fish (Syngna- 

 thus). 



522. Capt. Oscar W. Alden and crew, sch. Andrew Leighton. A 

 rock with crustaceans attached, and a ruffled sea-rose (Actinernusnobilis) ; 

 from lat. 43° 30' K, long. 59° 42' W., 325 fathoms. 



523. Capt. S. W. Smith and crew, sch. S. B. Lane. A sea-feather 

 (Balticina Finmarchica), sea-cauliflower (Alcyonium multiflorum), flesh- 

 colored soft coral (Alcyonium carneum), Lamarck's basket-fish (Astro- 

 phyton Lamarckii), shark's egg, specimens of lamprey eels (Petromyzon), 

 twin-gilled eel (Synaphobranclms pinnatus), and blue hake (Raloporphyrus 

 viola); from lat. 43° 41' N., long. 59° 15' ^Y., 200 fathoms. 



524. David Sawyer, sch. Constitution. Ovaries of a blue shark; 

 from Middle Bank. 



525. Capt. W. H. Greenleaf and crew, sch. Chester E. Lawrence. 

 Branches of tree-coral (Paragorgia arborea), and of the gold-banded 



