532 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



207. 



1899. MosER, Commander Jefferson 

 F. — Continued, 

 contains chapters on the salmon of 

 Alaska, fishery and cannery methods, 

 depletion of streams, statistics of sal. 

 mon industry, etc. 



208. 



1899. Smith, Hugh M. Exploring expe- 

 dition to the mid -Pacific Ocean. 



Science (U. S.), June D, pp. 796-798. 



An outline of the proposed voyage of 

 the steamship Albatross under direc- 

 tion of Alexander Agassiz, with a list 

 of ofl&cers. 

 j 209. 



1899. Smith, Hugh M. The deep-sea 

 exploring expedition of the 

 steamer Albatrofi^. 



Nat. Geog. Mag. , vol. 10, No. 8, pp. 

 290-296, 3 ills. 



An outline of the proposed voyage to 

 the tropical Pacific under the direction 

 of Alexander Agassiz. 



210. 



1899. Verrill, a. E. Descriptions Of 

 imperfectly known and new Ac- 

 tinia ns, with critical notes on 

 other species. III. [Brief Con- 

 tributions to Zoology from the 

 Museum of Yale College, No. 

 LX.] 



-4m. Jour. Set., fourth series, v^ol. 7, 

 1899, pp. 143-146, 20 figs. 

 Raphactis nitida, from Albatross 

 dredgings, is described as new genus 

 and species. 



211. 



1899. Verrill, A. E. Revision of cer- 

 tain genera and species of star- 

 fishes, with descriptions of new 

 forms. 



Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sciences 

 1899, vol. 10, pp. 145-234, 8 pis. 



Based in part on Albatross collections. 

 The new genera and species described 

 are as follows: Pyrenaster, Peltaster, 

 Litonotaster,Eugoniaster,Antheniaster, 

 Cladaster, Acodonaster, Prionaster, Sid- 

 eriaster, Tosia (Plinthaster) compta, T. 

 {Plintliaster) nitida, Peltaster hebes, 

 Hiiopasteria caribcea, Cladaster rudis, 

 Mediaster agassizii, Pseudarchaster {?) 

 hispidus, P. granuliferus, P. ordinatus, 

 Odontaster setosus, O. robustus, Prionas- 

 ter elegans, Sideriaster grandis, Margi 

 naster austerus. 



212. 



1899. Verrill, A. E. North American 



Ophiuroidea. I. Revision of cer- 

 tain families and genera of 

 West Indian Ophiurans. II. A 

 faunal catalogue of the known 

 species of West Indian Ophiu- 

 rans. 



Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sciences 

 1S99, vol. 10, pp. 301-386, 2 pis. 

 ' Based in part on Albatross collections. 

 New genera and species: A^nphioplus, 

 Ophiochondrella, Ophiobyr sella, AstrO' 

 geron, Amphiocnida, Astrocladus, Am- 

 phioplus agassizii, Ophiacantha (OphieC' 

 todia) pectinula, Ophioscolex fragilis. 



212a. 



1899-1900. Agassiz, A. Explorations of 

 the Albatross in the Pacific 

 Ocean. Letters to U. S. Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries. 



Science, Dec, 1899; Jan. and April, 

 1900. 



Preliminary reports submitted dur- 

 ing the voyage. See No. 213. 



213. 



1900. Agassiz, A. Explorations of the 



Albatross in the Pacific Ocean. 

 [Extract from a letter to Hon. 

 George M. Bowers, U. S. Com- 

 missioner of Fish and Fisheries, 

 dated Papeete Harbor, Tahiti 

 Island, Sept. 30, 189:), on the trip 

 of the Albatros.'i from San Fran- 

 cisco to Papeete.] 



Aril. Jour. Sci. 1900, fourth series, 

 vol. 9, No. 49, Jan., pp. 33-43. 



The same. II. The Paumotus. 

 [Letter No. 2, dated Papnete 

 Harbor, Nov. 6, 1899, etc.] 



Am. Jour. Sci. 190<J, fourth series, 

 vol. 9, No. 50, Feb., pp. 109-116. 



The same. III. [Letter No. 8, dated 

 Suva Harbor, Fiji Islands, Dec. 



11, 1899, etc.] 



Am. Jour. Sci., fourth series, vol. 

 9, No. 51, Mar., 1900, pp. 193-198. 



The same. IV. [Letter No. 4, Yoko- 

 hama, Japan, Mar. 5, 1900, etc.] 



Am. Jour. Sci., fourth series, vol. 

 9, No. 53, May, 1900, pp. 369-374. 

 Preliminary reports submitted dur- 

 ing the voyage. The same series was 



