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CONTENTS. 



II.— LIST OF PAPERS IN THE APPENDICES. 



A.— THE FISHERIES. 



1 If a i i'<l. Tin: sea fisheries of Eastern North America. By Spencer F. Baird. 



Special index 3 



B.— SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. 



II. .Ionian mill RoS§, A REVIEW OF THE FLOUNDERS AND SOLES (PLEURONECriD.E) 



OF America and Europe. By David Starr Jordan and David Kop Goss. Nine 

 plates. Special index 225 



III. Jordan and Eigcmuann. A review of the sci.entd.e of America and 



Europe. By David Starr Jordan and Carl II. Eigenrnann. Four plates. Special 



index 343 



IV. l.hitoii. Notes on entozoa of marine fishes of New England, with descrip- 



tions of several new species. By Edwin Linton. Six plates. Special index. ... 453 



V. Fewkes. Report on the medusje collected by the U. S. Fish Commission 

 steamer Aif.atross ix the region of the Gulf Stream, in 1885-'86. By J. 

 Walter Fewkes. One plate. Special index 513 



C— FISH-CULTURE. 



VI. !£< ttoni and Vincigue.rra. On the fish-cultural establishments of Cen- 

 tral Europe. By Eugenio Bettoni and Decio Vinciguerra. Special index 539 



D.— REPORTS OF VESSELS AND STATIONS. 



VII. Tanner. Report on the work of the TJ. S. Fish Commission steamer Alba- 

 tross for the year ending December 31, 1886. By Lieut.-Coniniander Z. L. 



Tanner, V. S. Navy, commanding. Ten plates. Special index 605 



VIII. Smith. Report of operations of the TJ. S. Fish Commission steamer Fish 

 Hawk for the year ending December 31, 1886. By Mate James A. Smith, TJ. S. 



Navy, commanding 693 



IX. . Report on the operations of the steamer Halcyon for the year end- 

 ing December 31, 1886 699 



X. Collins. Report upon the operations of the TJ. S. Fish Commission schooner 

 Grampus from June 5, 1886, to March 15, 1887.' By Capt.J. TV Collins. One 



plate. Special index 70] 



XL Mather. Report of operations at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, during 



the season of 1886. By Fred Mather 721 



XLT. Clark. Report of operations at the Michigan stations of the TJ. S. Fish 



Commission for the year 1886-'87. By Frank X. Clark 729 



XIII. Stone. Report of operations at the United States salmon and trout 



stations on the McCloud River, California, for the years 1885-87. By Liv- 

 ingston Stone 737 



XIV. Atkins. Report on the propagation of Penobscot salmon in 18S6-'87. By 



Charles G. Atkins 747 



XV. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF SCHOODIC SALMON AT GRAND LAKE 



Stream, Maixe, ln1886-'87. By Charles G. Atkins 751 



XVI. Ravenel. Report of operations at Battery Station, Havre de Grace, Md., 



for the year ending December 31, 188G. By W. de C. Ravenel 761 



XVII. Ravenel. Report of operations at Saint Jerome oyster-breeding station 



for the year 1886. By W. de C. Ravenel 765 



XVIII. Carswell. Report on the artificial propagation of the codfish at Wood's 



Holl, Mass., for the season of 1885-86. By James Carswell 779 



XIX. Atkins. Report on the artificial propagation of codfish at Wood's Holl, 



Mass., for the season of lSS6-'87. By Charles G. Atkins 783 



XX. McDonald. Report of operations at the Wytheyillk station, Virginia, from 



January 1, 1685, to June 30, 1887. By Marshall McDonald. Six plates 793 



XXI. McDonald. REPORT OF shad DISTRIBUTION for the season OF 18SG. By Mar- 

 shall McDonald SOI 



XXII. Grakill. Report of operations at the shad-hatching station on Battery 

 Island, near Havre de Grace, Md., during the season of 1886. By L. R. 

 Grahill. 807 



