identified by members of the staffs of the U. S. 

 National Museum and the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry. 



Sphyrwna picuda Blocli and Schneider 



A specimen taken bv the writer on August 22, 

 1912, latitude 31° 50 N., longitude 50° 49 W., had 

 two large trematodes, Distomum ampullaceum 

 Buttel-Reepen, in its intestine. 



Coryphcena Mppurus Linne 



A dolphin caught on August 26, 1912, latitude 

 32° N., longitude 16° 12 W., had three whole flying- 

 fish in its stomach, and a trematode, Hirundinella 

 clavata (Menzies), in its intestine. 



September 2, 1912, latitude 32° 21 N., longi- 

 tude 43° W. At noon a large piece of flotsam was 

 harpooned from the deck of the ship and towed 

 astern. Many dolphins and other fishes swam 

 under the shelter of the wreckage, and remained 

 with it while it was being drawn along. Eifteen 

 of the fishes, of which five were Coryphcena Mppu- 

 rus, were caught on lines from the ship. 



November 1, 1912, latitude 29° 18' S., longitude 

 40° 59 W. In the mouth of a dolphin taken on 

 this date were an amphipod (Eutyirtiis faba) and 

 two isopods (Idothea metallica). 



October 7, 1912, latitude 5° N., longitude 22° 

 25' W. A large albacore was caught on this date. 

 Within its stomach were young dolphins (Cory- 

 phwna), a decapod crustacean, and a pelagic " violet 

 snail" (Ianthina). 



Elagatis bipinnulatus (Quoy and Gaimard) 



October 3, 1912, latitude 6° 46 N., longitude 

 24° 35 W. A female of this species which measured 

 more than a meter in length was taken. 



October 11, 1912, latitude 3° 20' N., longitude 

 24° 44' W. A 7-foot shark which swam round and 



