^" CONTENTS. 



APPENDIX F-Continued. , ^^S^- 



XXIX. Natural AXD economical hlstory of the gourami, (Osphromenus 



goramy.) By Theodore Gill 



A. Natural history " ' J^^ 



Prefatory [[..[["'.[[,[ 710 



Name 



Form, &c -,^. 



Geographical range «j2 



si^« - -- - -"!!^^"!!!!!!!"! 712 



Growth aud age -^2 



Station and temperature ' 713 



Table of atmospheric temperatures of native and foster 



countries of the gourami 7j4 



Food 715 



Movements -I^ 



Spawning and nesting ~jg 



Young "''■" yjy 



Flesh ^jy 



B. The introduction and attempts to introduce the gourami" into "foreVgn 



countries 



Authorities -,^ a 



East Indian Islands '" ~jg 



Island of Mauritius ^-.a 



Island of Bourbon or Reunion 7jg 



West Indies -.q 



ff^^':^ -----"-''■"■!"":":::::;;: 721 



^^geria ^^^^ 



Australia ' 



Cape of Good Hope ^26 



Egypt ---'--1 !!!!!!!"!""!' 726 



Conclusions ^2^ 



C. Rules for transportation and introduction 707 



XXX Notes on the grayling (Thymallus) of North America. By James 



W. Milner 



729 



APPENDIX G.-MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS 743 



XXXI. Temperature in the Gulf of Mexico, from records op the 

 United States Coast-Survey 



/45 



XXXII. Correspondence with companies relative to facilities in 

 transportation, etc ... „ , „ 



749 



XXXIII. Reports of special conferences with American Fish-Cultur- 

 iSTs' Association and State commissioners op fisheries 757 



A. Meeting at Boston, Jnue 13, 1872 ,~r~ 



B. Meeting at New York, October 17, 1872 .'---.'.!.'."...!!. 763 



XXXIV. Bibliography of reports of fishery-commissions. By Theodore 



Gill 



774 



A. Names of commissioners „„ . 



B. Bibliography of reports ' 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ....'...".. 785 



GENERAL INDEX 



"* 791 



