yxy LIST OF PLATES. 



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Baird's Alepocephalu8, Atepocephalus Bairdii Goode & Bean •'^° 



Drawmg by H. L. Todd, from No. 22468, IT. S. National Mnsenm, collected on Grand Bank, ty Christian Johnson, Schi. 

 William Thompson. 



203. MiQlor'sScopelus, -Scopefws vWii^Jeri (Gmel.) Collett 547 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 20943, IT. S. National Museum, collected by F. Mather. 



The Snake iXs\i,Trachinocep}ialm myops (Porster) Gill 548 



■ Drawing by L. H. Todd, from No.l6951, tJ. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, 1876, by VinalN. Edwards. 



204. The Herring, Clupeaharengws L 549 



Drawinfi by H. L. Todd, from No. 16667, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Washington market, June, 1875, by J. H. 

 Kichards. * 



The California Herring, Clupea miraMUs Girard ^ 568 



Drawing by H. I.. Todd, from No. 24865, D. S. National Museum, collected at San Diego, California, January, 1880, by Jor- 

 ' dan & Gilbert. 



205. The Menhaden or Mossbunker, Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) Goode 569 



Drawlns by H. L. Todd, from No. 20666, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Wood's Holl, October 18, 1877, by Vinal N. 

 Bdwaids. 



206. The Gulf Menhaden, Breuoortta ^oiTOBMS Goode 575 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 892 A, D. S. National Museum,- collected at Brazos, Santiago, Texaa, by Captain Van 

 Vleet. 



207. The Branch Herring (Female), Clupea vernali a lAitabXW. 579 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27197, U. S. National Museum, obtained from Potomac Eiver, March 29, 1880, by 0. S. 

 Pish Commission. 



208. The Branch Herring (Male), Clupea vernalis Mitchill 579 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 25196, TJ. S. National Museum, obtained from Potomac Eiver, March 27, 1880, by TJ. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



209. The Glut or Summer Herring (Male), Clupea cestivalia Mitchill 580 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 32639, TJ. S. National Mnsenm, obtained from the Washington market, April, 1883, by 

 H. L. Todd. 



210. The Glut Ht- rring (Female), Clupea aiativalis Mitchill 580 



Drawing by H. L. Todd from No. 32640, V. S. National Museum, obtained at Washington Market, April 21, 1883, by H. 

 L. Tod. 



211. The Inland Alewife or Skipjack, CZitpfac/iri/socftJom (Eaf.) J. &G 594 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 30159, D. S. National Museum, collected atPensacola, Florida, by Silas Steams. 



312. The Shad, Clupea sapidisBima Wilson (Male) 594 



Drawing bj H. L. Todd from No. 25096 TJ. S. National Mnsenm, collected at Norfolk, Virginia, March 12, 1880, by TJ. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



213. The Shad, Clupta sapidisdma Wilson (Female) 594 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 25095, U.S. National Museum, collected at Norfolk, Virginia, March 10, 1880, by TJ. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



214. Map of the Eiver Basins of the Atlantic Slope. By Col. M. MacDonald 1 598 



215. Diagram illustrating the influence of Hydro-Tfiermals in determining the direction, and limiting the range 



of the migrations of the Shad and Herring ( Alewives). By Col. M. MacDonald 600 



216. The Hickory Shad or Mattowacca, Clupea mediooris Mitch.. 607 



Male. Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 25148, TJ. S. National Museum, obtained from Potomac Eiver, March 19, 1880, by • 



H. L. Todd. 

 (Female.) Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 25132, TJ. S. National Mnsenm, collected at Potomac Eiver, Maich, 1880, by 



Dr. T. H. Bean. 



217. The Mud Shad or Gizzard Shad, Dorosoma Cepedianum (Le S.) Gill 610 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 20034, TJ. S. National Moseum, collected at Cumberland Eiver, Tennessee, May, 1877, 

 by Mr. A. Winchell. 



The Tarpum or Grand-Ecaille, Megalops thrissoides (Sohn. ) Gthr 610 



, Drawing by H. I,. Todd, from No. 14924, D. S. National Museum, collected at New Jersey, 1874, by E. G. Blackford. 



218. The Big^eyed Herring, Slops saurus L 611 



Drawing by H. L. Todrf, from specimen in V. S. National Museum, from Massachusetts. 



The Anchovy, Engraulis vittatus Mitchill gll 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 14087, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Noank, Conneclicut, September 21, 1874, 

 by TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



The Lady-fish or Bone-fish, Albula vulpes (L.) Goode 612 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 25962, TJ. S. National Museum, coUpcted three miles southeast of Eastern Point, New- i 



port, Ehode Island, August 11, 1880,'by Captain Eocklifif, TJ. S. Pish Commission. 



219. The Moon-eye, Hyodon tergisUs Le Sueur - 612 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 8710, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Ecorse, Michigan, Febrnary, 1872, Ijy 

 George Clark- 



220. The Chub Sucker, Erimyzon aucetta (Lac.) Jordan 614 



Drawing by H. L. Todd, from No. 27867, TJ. S. National Museum, collected at Nippersink Lake, Dlinois, by Professor S. 

 A. Forbes. 



