LXII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Two Special reports have also been published as follows : 



(20) A monograpli of the Seal Islands of Alaska. By Henry W. Elliot. 4to., illus- 



trated, pp. 172. An edition of this report with substitutions on pp. 

 102-109 was also issued as a special bulletin of the Fish Commission, No. 

 176. 



(21) The Oyster Industry. By Ernest Ingersoll. 4to., illustrated, pp. 252. 



Part I of the special report on the Food-Fishes and Fishery Industries 

 of the United States, ordered by Congress July 16, 1882, has been put 

 in type, as has been stated, and at the end of the year was awaiting the 

 completion of the engraved plates. This volume, devoted to the natural 

 history of the useful aquatic animals, contains 895 pages quarto. The 

 character of its contents may best be indicated by the following analy- 

 sis: 



Pakt I.— Mammals. 



A. Whales and porpoises. By Gr. Brown Goode 



B. Seals and walruses. By Joel A. Allen. 



C. Habits of the fur-seal. By Henry W. Ellioti,. 



D. Manatees and the arctic sea-cow. By Frederick W. True. 



Part II. — Reptiles and Bateachians. By Frederick W. True. 



E. The alligator and crocodile. 



F. Tortoises, turtles, and terrapins. 

 Gr. The amphibians. 



Part III. — Fishes. By G. Brown Goode. With discussions of species, by David S. 

 Jordan and Tarleton H. Bean, notes on the fishes of the Gulf of Mexico by Silaa 

 Stearns, and contributions from Joseph W. Collins, N. E. Atwood, Marshall 

 McDonald, R. Edward Earll, Ludwig KumUen, and other authorities. 



H. The file-fishes, pipe-fishes, and anglers. 

 1. Flat-fishes and flounders. 



J. The cod family and its kindred. 



K. Wolf-fishes, sculpins, and wrasses. 



L. Mackerel and its allies. 



M. The tilefish family and others. 



N. The drum family. 



O. The sheepshead, bass, bream, perch, &c. 



P. Barracuda, mullet, pike, and mummachog. 



Q. The salmon tribe. 



R. The herring and the menhaden. 



S. The shad and the alewives. 



T. Families related to the Clupeidse. 



U. Carp, suckers, catfish, and eels. 



V. Sturgeons, skates, sharks, and lampreys. 



Part IV. — ^Mollusks. 



W. Mollusks in general. By Ernest Ingersoll. 



X. The life history of the oyster. By John A. Ryder. 



Part V. — Crustaceakts, worms, radiates, and sponges. By Richard Rathbun. 

 Y. Crustaceans. 

 Z. Worms. 

 Za. The radiates. 

 Zb. The poriferane. 



