1150 FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [120] 



Medicinal oil. 



Prepared from livers of cod (Gadus morrhua). New York. 57,114. 

 Collected by Jasper Pryer. 



Oil from liver of haddock (Melanogrammus ceglejinus). 



Provincetown, Mass. 25,978. Gift of Capt. K". E. Atwood. 



Oil from liver of hake (Phycis chvss). 



Extracted by exposure to the sun. Provincetown, Mass. 25,736. 

 Gift of E. E. Small. 



Oil from liver of pollock (Pollachius carbonarius). 



Extracted by exposure to the sun. Provincetown, Mass. 25,740. 

 Gift of E. E. Small. 



Oil from liver of cusk (Brosmius brosme). 



Provincetown, Mass. 25,970. Gift of Capt. N. E. Atwood. 



Crude oulachon oil. 



Erom oulachon or candle-fish (Thaleichthys pacificus). Port Town- 

 send, Washington Territory, 1882. 55,415. Collected by J. G. 

 Swan. 



Oulachon oil. 



Erom oulachon or candle-fish (Thaleichthys pacificus). Port Town- 

 send, Washington Territory, 1879. 32,778. Collected by J. G. 

 Swan. 



Oil of sturgeon (Acipenser sp.). 



One pint bottle. New York. Albany Beef Packing Company, 372 

 Greenwich street. " This is made by an entirely new process, 

 which produces it in a very fine and clear state, and is used in 

 large quantities by tanneries, belting-factories, &c." (Richard 

 Weinacht, secretary.) 



27. Perfumes. 



mammal perfumes. 



Ambergris of sperm-whale. 



Commercial ambergris, with specimens of ambreine. Boston, Mass. 

 39,376. Weeks & Potter. 



28. Chemical Products and Agents Employed in the Arts and 



Medicine. 



derived from plants. 

 Bladder-wrack. 



Fluid extract sea -wrack (Fucus vesiculosus). Used for reducing 

 morbid obesity or excessive fatness. Philadelphia, Pa. 

 John Wyeth & Brother. 



