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No dredging has yet been attempted by the Commission south of 
Long Island, though much has been done in shore work, especially 
among the fishes, by special agents and friends of the Commission, and 
by the parties stationed here and there in the work of fish-culture. Mr.E. 
G. Blackford, of Fulton Market, New York, by carefully watching the 
market slabs, has added at least ten species of fishes to the fauna of the 
United States. Mr. Fred. Mather is studying the fish of Long Island and 
the Sound. Dr. Yarrow, Mr. Earll, and others, have collected from Cape 
May to Key West. The Gulf States coast was explored last winter by 
a party conducted by Mr. Silas Stearns, who spent nine months in study- 
ing the food and thecensus. The entire Pacific coast has been scoured by 
Professor Jordan for the Commission and the census, and the ichthyol- 
ogy of that region has been enriched by the discovery of sixty species 
new to the fauna, forty of them being new to science. <A similar inves- 
tigation on the great lakes has been carried over a period of several 
years by Mr. J. W. Milner and Mr. L. Kumlien. The ichthyology of 
the rivers of the country has received much attention from the many 
experts employed by the Commission in fish-cultural work. 
In addition to these local studies may be mentioned the general ex- 
plorations such as are now being carried on, for the oyster by Mr. Ernest 
Ingersoll and Mr. John A. Ryder, for the. shad by Colonel M. McDonald, 
for the smelt and the Atlantic salmon by Mr. C. G. Atkins, and the 
Quinnat salmon by Mr. Livingston Stone. 
A partialindication of what has been accomplished may be found in 
the number of species added to the various faunal lists. Take, for in- 
stance, the cephalopod mollusks of New England. In Professor Ver- 
rill’s recently published monographs, twenty species are mentioned, thir- 
teen of which are new to science. Ten years ago only three were 
known. 
I am indebted to Professor Verrill for the following estimate of the 
number of species added within the past ten years to the fauna of New 
England, mainly by the agency of the Commission: 
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ONSIACOM Deen oe car ee is cams ame teeicee can oa cence cinteee cite tnrs cinctioe aie tainos sas 105 193 298 
ESVCTOP OM OMe metesie wwe nielejacis dees acielem = lalalime cicin see eoclas s\n siciswisic.- uv sislaiciciwn'sin(einie 5 10 15 
PMC A Seem etc eee mater cinecwocine as clonouuaies eens on aniertsemsacle ceases ms nisiasie 67 238 305 
BRS TINOR ee ae nc sees we vale ce cgecs Oe conics Beets cm bec ee ccue ceecisabesblioccocceccecs 39 100, 139 
INC R ena res soos cence sede macle cece anomeric ele Sere eioa tee wesc es tecsiceaelas 317 109 426 
HiCNINOGOLIMNGD + oe a sacer cs ceroes cicceecose cence coc ccienn eccteecice cco cesesivins oe 47 41 88 
PANOZ acta hacia sien tae cece cue ec tem ceamere ete mne awed scle cicis ena sieies 20 35 55 
NTICALS its seer ae isacc ck Sank etl dclns ceo sek ae cone cee ose beets n Sere accesses 26 25 51 
OMY ZOW = xinict-\a einen cerssic sin's cide siclicisesic os se acenipag esse annie cecilccbeececesaste<s 56 91 147 
MAC MIODOUR menace tos cee tones scar lat tease ceemecee aeececscloe déeccsals sues 5 0 5 
PHOU SOS ea ete ie namie omer ane conmaine sen cast tcotpccnsinceaaccsencctwacels 10 80 90 
PANUGs2) GY) LIES Perarerals eect ca ete alate at tale ota ee a ie ena sinha hens ololctddwiaqulsdeceisieid fF 102 78 180 
Lota simi TOUuNnG NUMbEPS. 2.252 Mss oe ectos seus eee cec ce vere scenes shee 800 | 1,000 1, 800 
