CONTENTS. XLV 



Page. 



XIV. Natural history ob^ some of the more importaxt food-fishes of the 



SOUTH shore of NeW ENGLAND 228 



I. Thescup 228 



11. The blue-fish 235 



XV. Description of apparatus used in capturing fish on the sea-coast and 



LAKES OF the United States 253 



Modes of capture 253 



Projectiles, explosives, and poison 253 



Lines 254 



Nets 255 



Traps, weirs, pounds, and fykes 259 



Location of traps, weirs, and pounds in the United States 273 



XVI. List of patents granted by the United States to the end of 1872 for 



INVENTIONS RELATIVE TO THE CAPTURE, UTILIZATION, OR CULTIVATION OF FISH 



AND MARINE ANIMALS 275 



1. Hooks 275 



2. Lines, grapples, traps, &c 276 



3. Reels 276 



4. Rods 276 



5. Floats, sinkers, and swivels 277 



6. Projectiles 277 



7. Nets and pounds 278 



8. Oyster culture and gathering 278 



9. Preservation and utilization of fish „ 279 



10. Fish-culture 279 



11. Patents granted prior to 1836 279 



XVII. List of the sea- weeds or marine alg^ of the south coast of New 

 England, by W. G. Farlow, M. D 281 



XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the 

 adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the 

 REGION, BY A. E. Vekrill. (For a more detailed index of this article see 

 page 757) 295 



A. — Habits and distribution of the invertebrate animals 295 



I. General remarks 295 



II. Fauna of the bays and sounds 300 



1.. The rocky shores 303 



List of species 331 



2. The sandy shores 334 



List of species 364 



3. The muddy shores 366 



List of species 377 



4. The piles and timbers of wharves and bridges, bottoms of vessels, 



buoys, and other submerged wood- work 378 



List of species ^ 392 



5. The rocky bottoms 394 



List of species 409 



6. The gravelly-shelly bottoms 412 



List of species 421 



7. The sandy bottoms 425 



List of species " 428 



8. The muddy bottoms 430 



List of species 434 



9. The free-swimming and surface animals ; 436 



