GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Section A.-PEELIM1NARY CATALOGUE AND SYNOPSIS OF EXHIBITS. 



Page. 



List of Persons Engaged in the Preparation of the Collection 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the United States in 1880 



Collective Exhibits of the TJ. S. National Museum and 

 the U. S. Fish Commission. 



A.— AQUATIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF NORTH AMERICA BENEFI- 

 CIAL OR INJURIOUS TO MAN. 



I. — Mammals 5 



II.— Birds 5 



III, IV.— Reptiles and Batrachians 5 



V.— Fishes . 6 



VI.— Mollusks 6 



VII. — Marine and Fresh-Water Invertebrates, exclusive of 



Mollusca 7 



VIII.— Alg^s 7 



B.— FISHING GROUNDS. 



IX. — Models and Maps of Fishing Grounds 8 



X.— Maps showing Geographical Distribution 8 



C— APPARATUS OF SEA AND FRESH- WATER FISHING. 



XL — Clubs, Spears, Darts, Rakes, and Dredges 8 



XII. — Fish-Hooks, Jigs and Drails, Artificial Baits, Flies and 



Fly- Hooks, Gulleters, Clearing Rings, &c 9 



XIII.— Fishing-Lines and Rigged Gear 9 



XIV. — Fishing-Rods, and Reels for Lines and Nets . , 10 



XV. — Nets and Seines, and Materials used in their Manufacture 10 



XVI.— Fish Traps, Weirs, and Pounds 11 



XVII. — Fishing Stations 11 



XVIII. — Knives, Gaffs, and other Apparatus 11 



XIX.— Illustrations of the Fisheries 12 



D.— FISHING VESSELS, BOATS, AND FITTINGS. 



XX. — Vessels and Boats 12 



XXI. — Boat Fittings and Appliances 12 



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