850 



GENERAL INDEX. 



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Spear-fisb 802,825 



Spears and arrows 253 



Species, doubtful 780 



number of 781 



Specimens, collection of xv 



facilities afforded for 



collecting xv 



for national museums. xv 

 for colleges, academies, 



museums, &c xv 



sphacelaria cirrhosa. .. 286 



radicans 293 



Spbserococoidese 288 



Spbyraina 808 



Spbyr^uidse 788,808 



Spbyrsenoidea 788 



Spbyrna.. 813,837 



Spbyrnida) 790,813 



Spinacoidse 790, 814 



Spindel, Capt. Isaiab xiv..67, 193,262 



Spongiocarpeae 290 



Sporocbnacese 285 



Spring-bass 8 



Spring-weir 272 



Spyridiacese 291 



Spyridia filamentosa 291 



Squall 790 



Squalus 814,827 



Sqaamariae 290 



Squatina 813,827 



SquatinidjB 790,813 



Squeteague, relationships of 79 



distribution of 57, 65 



abundance of ... 11, 14, 15, 19, 



31,33,40,51,57,65,71,72, 



77, 120, 127, 128 



size of 14, 19, 33, 57, 65 



movements, &c., of 57,65, 



69, 78 

 food of . . . . 18, 32, 33, 58, 65, 70 



spawning of 69, 71 



capture of 24, 51, 58 



economic value, &c., of, 8,11,58 



Squeteague or Squit 814,824 



Squib-Nocket Pond 36 



Squirrel 804 



Star-gazer 798 



State commissions, reports of 104 



legislation xxxiv 



Stationary apparatus, regulating 



their use 132 



Stolliferus 805 



Stonotomus 806 



argyrops 228, 824 



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Stephanolepis 793, 823 



Stevens, Lieutenant-Governor Par- 

 don W 16,29,184 



Stevens, Mr. T 87 



Stichseidae 785, 786, 797 



Sticbseus 797 



Stickle-back 794, 825, 826 



Stilophora rhizodes 285 



Stimpson, Doctor 259 



Stingaree 812 



Sting-ray 812 



Stomias 809 



StomiatidsB 789, 809 



Stomiatinse 789 



Stomiatoidea 789 



Storer, Dr 74 



Stowe, Mr 18 



Straw used for catching fish 273 



Striped bass, distribution 66, 67 



abundance 13, 14, 23, 29, 



30, 33, 34, 35, 38, 45, 46, 50, 



51, 67, 72, 78, 85, 87, 88, 93, 



117, 121 



movements 31, 38, 40, 48, 



66, 67, 78, 79, 85, 87 



size 15,16,30,31,33,67, 



78,79 



food 87 



spawning 38, 72 



capture . . .23, 26, 67, 69, 78, 89 

 economic value of.38, 67, 825 

 (See, also, Bass, striped.) 



Stromateidj© 787,804 



Stromateinse 787 



Sturgeon, sharp-nosed 812, 826 



short-nosed 812, 826 



Sucker 808,814,824 



Summer-skate 812 



Sun-fish 792,813,823 



Supplementary testimony 182 



Supply, cause of diminishing the .. 209 



Surgeon, black 801 



Surgeon-fish 801 



Swan, John D 12,14,15 



Sweet, Joseph W 109 



Swell-fish 793, 823 



Swingle-tail 813 



Sword-fish, common 802, 825 



Syuentognathi 788, 789 



Syngiuithi 784 



Syngnathidic , 784, 793 



Syngnathiua> 784 



Syngnathus 793, 823 



Syuodontida> 789, 810 



