40 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Others taken June 3 contained the mud-crab, Panopeus depressus; 

 triangular crab, Pelia mutica; Crcpidula unguiformis ; Tr if oris nigro- 

 cinctus ; the common mussel, Mytilus cdulis ; and the " horse-mussel," 

 Modiola modiolus. 



Another, on June 10, contained the common rock-crab, Cancer irrora- 

 tus; mud-crab, Panopeus Sayi ; Nucula proxima ; several ascidians, 

 Cynthia partita and Leptoclinum albidum. 



Two caught July 8 and 15 contained small lobsters, Homarus Ameri 

 canns ; Crepidula fornicate, ; Bittium nigrum ; a bryozoan, Crista ebur- 

 nea ; sand-dollars, Echinaraclinius parma. 



A specimen caught in August contained long-clams, Mya arena ria ; 

 muscles, Mytilus edulis ; Pctricola pholadiformis. 

 Xiphias gladius Linn. Swordfish. 



One specimen contained mackerel (Scomber scombrus), and butter- 

 fish (Paronotus triacanthus). Wood's Holl, Mass., 1871 ; E. Palmer. 

 Sarda pclamys Cut. Bonito. 



Specimens taken at Wood's Holl, in August, contained an abundance 

 of shrimp, Crangon vulgaris, scup, and occasionally fragments of fish 

 and bones. Out of eighty-two individuals examined at one time, nearly 

 every one was empty. Shiners seemed to form their common food. 

 Wood's Holl, 1871 ; E. Palmer. 

 Scomber scombrus Linn. Mackerel. 



Specimens taken July 18,. 20 miles south of ISo Man's Land, con- 

 tained shrimps, Thysanopoda, sp. ; larval crabs in the zoea and megalops 

 stages of development ; young of hermit- crabs ; young of lady-crabs, 

 Platyonichus ocellatus ; young of two undetermined Macroura ; numer- 

 ous small Copepod Crustacea; numerous shells of a Pteropod, >S/>fr talis 

 Gouldii. 

 Orcynus thunnina. Small Tunny. 



One specimen caught at Wood's Holl, in August, contained eleven 

 squids, Loligo Pealil. 



Often contained small fragments of fish and sea-grass (Zostera). 

 Wood's Holl, 1871 ; E. Palmer. 

 Cybium regale Cuv. & Val. Cero. 



Stomachs often contained fine particles of fish. Wood's Holl, 1871; 

 E. Palmer. 

 PalinuricJithys perciformis Gill. Eudderfish. 



A specimen caught at Wood's Holl, in August, contained a small 

 Squilla empusa; young squids, Loligo Pealii ; Butterfish, and several 

 other young slender fish. Wood's Holl, 1871 ; E. Palmer. 

 Cynoscion regalis Gill. Weakfish; Squeteague. 



Several caught in seines at Great Egg Harbor, ]STew Jersey, April, 

 1871, with menhaden, &c, contained large quantities of shrimp, Cran- 

 gon vulgaris, unmixed with other food. 



