850 



GENERAL INDEX. 



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Spear-fish 802,825 



Spears aud arrows 253 



Species, doubtful 780 



number of 781 



Specimens, collection of xv 



facilities afforded for 



collecting xv 



for national museums. xv 

 for colleges, academies, 



museums, &g xv 



sphacelaria cirrbosa. -. 286 



radicans 293 



Spba^rococoldea' 288 



Sphyrjena 808 



Sphyrsenida^ 783, 808 



Sphy raiuoidea 788 



Spbyrna 813, 837 



Spbyrnid* 790,813 



Spinacoidi« 790,814 



Spindel, Capt. Isaiah xiv..67, 193, 262 



Spongiocarpea? 290 



Sporochnacea^ 285 



Spring-bass 8 



Spriug-weir 272 



Spyridiacea; 291 



Spyridia filamentosa 291 



Squall 790 



Squalus 814,827 



Squaniariae 290 



Squatina 813, 827 



Squatinidaj 790,813 



Squeteague, relationships of 79 



distribution of 57, 65 



abundance of.. .11, 14, 15, 19, 



31,33,40,51,57,65,71,72, 



77, 120, 127, 128 



size of 14, 19, 33, 57, 65 



movements, &c., of 57, 65, 



69,78 

 food of . - - - 18, 32, 33, 58, 65, 70 



spawning of 69,71 



capture of 24, 51, 58 



economic value, &c., of, 8,11,58 



Ol Squeteague or Squit 8).i, 824 



Squib-Nocket Pond ./ 36 



Squirrel 804 



Star-gazer 798 



State commissions, reports of 104 



legislation xxxiv 



Stationary apparatus, regulating 



their use 132 



Stelliferus 805 



Stenotomus 806 



argyrops 228,824 



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Stephauolepis 793, 823 



Stevens, Lieutenant-Governor Par- 

 don W 16,29,184 



Stevens, Mr, T 87 



Sticha>id:e 785, 786, 797 



Sticbicus 797 



Stickle-back 794,825,826 



Stilophora rhizodes 285 



Stimpson, Doctor 259 



Stingaree 812 



Sting-ray 812 



Stomias 809 



Stomiatida> 789,809 



Stomiatinte 789 



Stomiatoidea 789 



Storer, Dr 74 



Stowe, Mr «. 18 



Straw used for catching fish 273 



Striped bass, distribution 66, 67 



abundance 13, 14, 23, 29, 



30, 33, 34, 35, 38, 45, 46, 50, 



51, 67, 72, 78, 85, 87, 88, 93, 



117, 121 



movements 31, 38, 40, 48, 



66, 67, 78, 79, 85, 87 



size 15,16,30,31,33,67, 



78,79 



food 87 



spawning 38, 72 



capture . . .23, 26, 67, 69, 78, 89 

 economic value of.38, 67, 825 

 (See, also, Bass, striped.) 



Stromateidt« 787, 804 



Stromateiua; 787 



Sturgeon, sharp-nosed 812, 826 



short-nosed 812, 826 



Sucker 808,814,824 



Summer-skate 812 



Sun-fish 792,813,823 



Supplementary testimony 182 



Supply, cause of diminishing the . . 209 



Surgeon, black 801 



Surgeon-fish 801 



Swan, John D 12, 14, 15 



Sweet, Joseph W 109 



Swell-fish 793, 823 



Swingle-tail 813 



Sword-fish, common 802, 825 



Synentognathi 788, 789 



Synguathi 784 



Syngnathidff 784,793 



Synguathinje 784 



Syngnathus 793,823 



Synodontida? 789,810 



