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Art. XXIX.—WNotice of the remarkable Marine Fauna occupying 
the outer banks off the Southern Coast of New England, No. 9; 
by A. E. Verrity. Brief Contributions to Zoology from the 
Museum of Yale College. No. LV. 
[Published by permission of the U. 8. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. ] 
Work of the Steamer Albatross in 1883. 
DvrRin@ the summer of 1883, the new U. S. Fish Commission 
“Steamer, Albatross,* Lieut. Z. L. Tanner, commander, continued 
the work of dredging in the region of the Gulf Stream, along 
our coast, from off Cape Hatteras to Nova Scotia.t She is, in 
Construction, well adapted to do deep-sea work, and fully 
i i ; i therefore was able to 
ae the dredgings much farther out to sea than the Fish 
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2949 fathoms, at station 2099, N. lat. 87° 12’ 20”, W. long. 
69° 39’, August 2. Besides this, there were four successful 
hauls in 2038 to 2369 fathoms, and 27 between 1000 and 2000 
fathoms. Between 500 and 1000 fathoms there were 19 hauls, 
and in less than 500 fathoms, 63, making a total of 116 
Stations. At nearly all these localities a large trawl was used, | 
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rarely, 40° (in one case, at station 2050, 49°5° was recorded in 
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1098 fathoms, but these cases may have been due to some acci- 
dental cause, for at the same date other trials, at similar depths, 
gave 39°; I have therefore omitted these two temperatures, in 
the table). Besides the ordinary temperature observations, 
* Descriptions of this steamer and of her equipment, agewell as of some of her 
trips, have already been published in Science. An account of the Crustacea was 
publish; e July number of this Journal by Professor 8. I. Smith, who has 
0 ymoenieg- a detailed account of that group, with figu he Fish mis- 
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With five plates, in the Trans. Conn. Acad,, vol. vi. Some of the new fishes have 
been described by Messrs. Gill and Ryder. 
; The naturalists associated with the writer, in this work, in 1883, were Pro- 
serail I. Smith, Mr. Sanderson Smith, Professor L. A. Lee, Mr. Richard Rath- 
Mr. H. L. Bruner, Mr. J, E. Benedict (naturalist attached to the steamer), Mr. 
P. Tarr, W. E. Safford, Ensign U. 8. N., and others, more or less. Mr. Peter 
arker, Mr. John A. Ryder, Dr. Theodore Gill, and R. H. Miner, Ensign U. 8. N., 
Ray on the fishes, The parties who went out dredging, on the steamer, varied © 
time to time. Usually only three or four naturalists, besides Mr. Benedict, 
peta be properly accommodated on board. I took no part in this portion of the 
ork, in 1883, not going out on the steamer at all. 
