[79] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 903 



Game fishes of the United States — Continued. 



referred to, since its results are of great interest to the zoolo- 

 gist, the angler, and the public at large." (From the preface 

 of Mr. Goode.) 



Contents: Part I, the Atlantic Salmon ; the Eastern Bed-speckled 

 Trout. Part II, the Spanish Mackerel; the Black Basses. 

 Part III, the Striped Bass ; the Bed Snapper. Part IV, the 

 Blueflsh ; the Yellow Perch. Part V, the Mackerel ; the 

 Weakfish or Southern Sea Trout. Part VI, the Pompano and 

 its allies ; the Sea Bass or Southern Black fish. Part VII, the 

 King-fish and the Whiting ; the Sheepshead and the Scuppaug. 

 Part VIII, the Nainaycusk or Lake Trout; the Bonito and 

 the Tunnies. Part IX, the Bed-fish ; the Grayling. Part X, 

 the California Salmon ; the Muskellunge, Pike, and Pickerel. 



Exhibited by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York City. 



Charles Scribner's Sons also exhibited a map showing by means of 

 colored lines the geographical distribution of the game fishes 

 of eastern North America extensively sought by anglers, 

 compiled from sketches by G. Brown Goode ; and 18 plates of 

 the " Game Fishes " in 24 by 30 frames as follows : 



1. A sea-bass or Southern blackfish (Serranus atrarius) lying upon 



the grass, with the ocean shore in the background, and fish- 

 ermen on the beach overhauling their nets and putting them 

 on reels to dry. 



2. A striped bass (Roccus saocatilis), fresh from the water, with a 



portion of the shore and sea in the background, showing the 

 breakers and the hull of an old vessel stranded upon the beach. 



3. A bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) lying upon the bank, with the 



ocean in the background and vessels engaged in trolling. 



4. A yellow perch (Perca americana) being drawn from the river by 



means of an angler's fly which it has just taken. 



5. Brook trout (Salvdinus fontinalis) hooked by an angler's fly in 



the lower jaw and jumping from the water in frantic efforts to 

 free itself. A portion of a wild river-bank, with rapids in the 

 distance. 



6. A grayling (Thymallus tricolor) lying on the moss-covered roots 



of an old pine tree, with a long strip of a Michigan grayling- 

 stream, lined with pine forests, in the background. 



7. A namaycush or lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) fresh from the 



water, lying on a moss-covered rock. 



8. A California salmon (Oncorhynchus chouicha) with the rod, reel, 



and fly on which it was taken lying by its side, and the stream, 

 with rapids, in the background. 



9. An Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) struggling at the surface of 



the water with an angler's hook in its upper jaw; a portion of 

 a river-bank in the background. 



