G FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Section A.— AQUATIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS, Etc. 



V. Fishes. 



13. Casts of 121 characteristic fishes, including most of the im- 



portant economic species, arranged on nine screens. 



14. Cast of Giant Catfish, Amiurus pondcrosus, and of Guasa, 



Promicrops guasa. 



15. A series of photographs of the important fishes of the 



United States. 



16. A series of proofs of engravings of the food fishes of the 



United States, prepared to accompany the forth- 

 coming quarto report, with specimens of the original 

 drawings. 



17. Color sketches of fishes; chromo-lithographs of twenty 



water color, sketches of game fishes exhibited by 

 Charles Scribner's Sons (publishers of Kilbourne & 

 Goode's Game Fishes of the United States). 



18. Series of fishes in alcohol : 



a. Fishes of Alaska. 



b. Fishes of the Adirondacks, collected by Fred. Ma- 

 ther. 



c. The American Salmonoids. 



d. Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico and East Florida. 



e. The genera of fresh-water fishes. 



19. Living fish eggs, fishes, &c. All under fish culture ; sec- 



tion F. 



20. Collection of market fishes in fresh condition on ice sent 



from time to time by E. G. Blackford, New York. 



VI. — Mollusks. 



21. Models of Giant Squid, ArchiteutMs princeps and of Giant 



Octopus, Octopus punctatus, prepared under direction 

 of J. H. Emerton. 



22. Series of Gastropods, useful as affording food, bait, &c, or 



injurious by destroying edible mollusks. 



23. Series of specimens showing the life of the American Oyster 



from the time of attachment to full growth, under va- 

 rious conditions influencing development. 



24. Collection of plates and diagrams illustrating the embry- 



ology of the American Oyster. 



25. Series of American Oysters, illustrating geographical dis- 



tribution and local variation. 



26. Other useful Mollusks, Unio, Haliotis, &c. 



27. Specimens illustrating injurious work of Teredo and other 



pernicious Mollusks. 



28. Enemies of the Oyster. 



