﻿this 
  fisli 
  from 
  the 
  western 
  waters 
  a 
  comparatively 
  good 
  food- 
  

   fish 
  can 
  he 
  secured 
  for 
  our 
  pcnds^ 
  until 
  the 
  Carp 
  become 
  

   numerous 
  enough 
  for 
  general 
  distribution. 
  

  

  LIST 
  OF 
  FISHES. 
  

  

  The 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  have 
  enabled 
  us 
  to 
  add 
  

   12 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  190 
  enumerated 
  in 
  reports 
  hitherto 
  pub- 
  

   lished, 
  making 
  in 
  all 
  202 
  species 
  known 
  to 
  Maryland 
  waters. 
  

   No 
  doubt, 
  future 
  collections 
  will 
  furnish 
  yet 
  additional 
  

   specimens 
  to 
  our 
  already 
  large 
  representation. 
  

  

  The 
  descriptive 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  additional 
  iishes, 
  with 
  obser- 
  

   vations 
  on 
  the 
  fall 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Fish, 
  and 
  their 
  fore- 
  

   runner, 
  the 
  Ale-wife, 
  {B. 
  menhaden,) 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Otto 
  

   Lugger, 
  the 
  energetic 
  custodian 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  the 
  

   Maryland 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  page? 
  Ill, 
  

   and 
  following. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  ideutilication 
  of 
  these 
  species, 
  we 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   Prof. 
  Spencer 
  F. 
  Baird, 
  Prof. 
  Theo. 
  Gill, 
  Prof. 
  G. 
  Brown 
  

   Goode 
  and 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Bean, 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   and 
  also 
  to 
  Prof. 
  P. 
  E. 
  Uhler, 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Maryland 
  

   Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  for 
  valuable 
  assistance. 
  

  

  PROTECTION 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  'history 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  for 
  tlie 
  past 
  

   four 
  years, 
  does 
  in 
  itself 
  embrace 
  the 
  suggestions 
  for 
  the 
  

   protection 
  and 
  propagation 
  of 
  the 
  food-fishes 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  State, 
  which 
  section 
  4, 
  chapter 
  27, 
  Laws 
  of 
  1876, 
  makes 
  

   our 
  duty 
  to 
  report, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  modes 
  of 
  captur- 
  

   ing, 
  as 
  now 
  resorted 
  to 
  in 
  our 
  waters, 
  may 
  in 
  some 
  measure 
  

   be 
  a 
  guide 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  effectual 
  means 
  of 
  protecting 
  our 
  fish 
  

  

  