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tigation of Cozumel was made late in January, and we found the follow- 

 ing summer visitors to the eastern coast of the States present at the time : 

 Tetrodon spengleri, Ostracion trigonum, Monacantlms hispidus, Balistes 

 vetula, Pomacantlius aureus^ TeiUhis hepatus, Trachurops crumenophthal- 

 mus, Trachynotus goreensis, Uypeneus maculatus, Ocyurus chrysurus, Lut- 

 janus griseuSj Spliyrcena picuda, Tylosurus earihhceus, Albula vulpes, Sto- 

 lepJiorus mitchillii, Garcharias cceruleus. None of the important economic 

 species of the New England fisheries were observed so far south. The 

 barracuda (SpJiyrcena) was the favorite food-fish among the Cozumel 

 people. There was no native fishing of any kind during our stay. This is 

 an admirable field for tide-pool collecting, but shore seining is extremely 

 difficult because of the abundance of Porites and the submerged debris 

 of hurricane action. , 



(C) By collectors in the interest of the U. 8. National Museum and the 

 U. S. Fish Commission. — Dr. William H. Jones, U. S. N., attached to the 

 U. S. S. Wachusett, has continued his valuable contributions to the Mu- 

 seum. Accession 15474 is a large invoice of Peruvian fishes forwarded 

 from Galapagos and Chatham Islands. 



Prof. D. S. Jordan, president of Indiana University, forwarded the 

 types of the following species of Florida fishes : Narcine umhrosa, An- 

 thias vivanus, Frionotus stearnsii, Frionotus ophryas (Ace. 15585) ; also 

 a specimen of Acanthocybium solandri taken at Key West. 



Dr. Augustus C. Kinney, U. S. A,, sent a fine collection of Oregon 

 fishes (Ace. 15926), which contains, among other species, Glupea sapi- 

 disshna^ Trichodon stelleri, Brama rati, and Icosteus wnigmaticus. 



Dr. B. H. Warren, at Deland, Fla., obtained a collection of fresh- 

 water fishes (Ace. IGOOO), including Lepomis mystacalis and elongatus, 

 which are new to the Museum. 



(D) By the U. 8. Signal Bureau. — Mr. Lucieu M. Turner, who estab- 

 lished stations in various parts of Labrador for the collection of meteor- 

 ological data, had opportunity also for securing natural-history material 

 of great value, and particularly rich in marineand fresh- water fishes (Ace. 

 15576 ; catalogue number 36968). This invoice, together with several 

 other lots mentioned in preceding reports, completes one of the largest 

 collections of northern fishes in the possession of the Museum. The 

 SahnonidcB are represented by an abundance of fine specimens of sea 

 salmon, sea trout, lake trout, brook trout, whitefish, smelt, and capelin. 



(E) By the U. 8. Life-Saving Service. — Capt. A. H. Myers, keeper of 

 Quoddy Head life-saving station, Lubec, Me., forwarded a sleeper-shark 

 {Somniosus microcephalus), measuring 11 feet in length (Ace. 15811; 

 catalogue number 37038). From the stomach of this shark its captors 

 took a peck of herring and six yards of gill-net. 



(F) By occasional contributors and exchanges. — From Mr. Eobert S. 

 Day, of New Orleans, was obtained, by request of the Director, a new 

 species of Tyntlastes, which was found in the Gulf of Mexico (Ace. 16205). 

 The genus is new to North America. 



H. Mis. 15, pt. 2 7 



