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GENERAL INDEX. 



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Mackerel-scad 803 



Mackerel-shark 813 



Mackerel Cove 10 



Macruridai 785,795 



Macruroidea 785 



Macrurus 795 



Macy, Mr 7,9,30,47, 163 



Maj^nosa 813 



Malacosteus 809 



Malaga, fishing in 1831 aud 1861 .... 212 



Mallotus 810 



Malthe 792 



Maltheidse 784,792 



MaltheiusB 784 



Man-eater 827 



Manta 812 



Marchant, Seth 190 



Marden, William C 41 



Marketing of fish 217, 218 



Marsipobranchii 791 



Martha's Vineyard 191 



Masachusetts, fisheries on the coast 117 

 inqniry as to decrease 



by viii 



Masticnra 790 



Matajuelo 804,810 



Maurolicus 810 



Measures to promote increase of food- 

 fishes xxxiii 



Megalops 810 



Melanogramraus 795, 284 



MelanospermesB 283, 284 



Melobesia membranacea 288 



farinosa 288 



pustnlata 288 



polyraorpha 294 



Memorial of citizens of Hyannis to 



Congress 137 



Menemsha Bight 33, 35 



Menhaden 811,826 



Menhaden, distribution of 58 62 



size of... 58,63 



abundance of. 11, 19,21,26,33, 



40,44,46,48,49,53,58,63.69, 



70, 72, 176 



movements of. 29, 35, 44, 58, 63, 



(>8, 69 



spawning of. . .21, 48, 58, 63, 68 



food of 58,63 



economic value 11, 14, 17, 59, 63 



relationships of 58, 63, (58 



capture of 59, 63 



Menti cirrus B05, 824 



Mcrluciidie 785,796 



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Merluciince 785 



Merlucius 796, 824 



Merritt, Henry 86 



Methuen, Mr 142 



Micristius 809 



Microgadus 795,824 



Micropogon 805 



Microstoma 810 



Microstomidse 789,810 



Microstominae 789 



Middleton, Carman & Co 186 



Milner, J. W xii, xvii, 264 



Misarkornak 795, 796 



Miscellaneous correspondence, &c.. 135 



Mishquammauquock *. 810 



Missuckeke-kequok 807 



Modes of capture 253 



Mola 792,823 



Molacanthinse 784 



Molacanthus 792 



Molva .- 796 



MonacauthinsB 784 



Monk-fish 792,813,823 



Mononioy, weirs near 52 



Montnuk 60 



Moon-fish 807 



silver... 802 



Morone 807,825 



Morrhua pruinosa, (torn -cod) 273 



Morton, Thomas 154 



Moss-bunker 811 



Mouse-fish . . . . - 792 



Mowry, Jabez W 109 



Mud-dab 794 



Mugil 808,825 



Mugilidse... 788,808 



Mugiloidea 788 



Mullet 808,825 



MullidiB 787,804 



MuUoidea 787 



Mullus 804 



Mummichog 809,826 



Munnawhatteaug 811 



Murfenoides 797, 798, 824 



Murcielago 799 



Museums, specimens for xv 



facilities afforded officers 



of XV 



Mustelinne 790 



Mustehis 813,827 



Myliobatidje 790, 812 



Myliobatina^ 790 . 



Myliobatia 812,826j 



Myliobatoidea 790 1 



