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GENERAL INDEX. 



B, 



Page. 



Babcock,Dr 23 



Baird, S. F 9,125,281 



Bairdiella 805,823 



Baker, Capt. J. G xii, xv 



Balen, Mr 34 



Balistes 793,823 



Baliatidaj 784,793 



Balistinse 784 



Balistoidea 784 



Bangia fusco-purpurea 292 



Barb 805 



Barbero 801 



Bar-net ...., 257 



Barracuda, northern 808 



Basking-shark 813 



Bass 805 



black „ 806 



red 805 



sea 805,825 



spotted 805 



striped . . 17, 20, 21, 23, 78, 157, 161, 162, 



176, 807 

 (See, also, Striped bass.) 



Bassett, Mr. C. H 104 



Bassett, Mr. William A 194 



Bat-fish 792,799 



Batrachidse 786,798 



Batrachoidea 786 



Batrachus 798,824 



Beach House 28 



Beam-trawl 209,212 



Beatman, Moses 188 



Bellows-fish 792 



Belone 808,826 



Belonidf© 788,808 



Bergall 801 



Bertram, James G 141 



Berycidse 787,804 



Bery coidea 787 



Big-eye 807 



Bill-fish 808,825,826 



abundance of 21, 37 



size of 21 



Bishop-ray 812 



Black-bass 806 



Black-fish 7,12,801,806 



Black-harry 8C6 



Black-perch 806 



Black-wilL 806 



Bhickford, Mr. E. G 186 



Blatchford, Mr 259 



BhMuiiidai 786,798 



Blenniimo 786 



Page. 



Blennioidea 785, 786 



Blennius 798 



Blenny 798 



Blepharichthys 803, 825 



Block Island 13, 16 



Blower 793 



Blue-fish .42, 235, 250, 801, 804, 806, 807, 825 



distribution of 55, 66 



a,bundance of .xxxii, 8, 11, 12, 14, 



15, 18, 27, 28, 32, 33, 



38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 



45, 48, 50, 53, 55, 66, 



69, 71, 77, 79, 120, 



127, 128 



size of- . 8, 14, 20, 35, 38, 40, 41, 42, 



55,66 



movements of . .20, 35, .38, 40, 41, 



43, 44, 45, 47, 49, 55, 



m, 78, 120, 126, 129 



relations of ..xxxii, 53, 55, 56, 70, 



79, 98, 114, 120, 127, 



129, 130 



food of 18, 25, 26, 28, 33, 35, 41, 42 



44, 45, 49, 52, 66, 126, 246 



spawning of .... 38, 41, 43, 44, 48, 



66, 72 



capture of .... 13, 56, 66, 126, 176, 



177, 183, 187, 188, 193 



periodical appearance of . 238 



economic value, &c .8, 11, 19, 44^ 



48, 50, 52, 56, 66, 68 



Blue-back 811 



Blue-perch 801 



Boca dulce 813 



Bone-dog 814 



Bonito 802,825 



abundance of 15, 35, 40 



movements of 34 



Bony-fish 811 



Boreogadus 795 



Box-fish, hairy 793 



spiny 793,823 



Brail, abundance of 11 



BramidjTB 787,804 



Branchiostoma S14 



Branchiostomid?e i.791, 814 



Bream 801,805 



Brenton's reef 12, 16 



Brevoort, J. C 269,271 



Brevoortia menhaden 136, 811, 826 



Brewer, Mr. Gardner 27 



Dr.T.M xvi 



Prof. W. H xvi 



Brightman, Potter 70 



