REPORT OF DEI'AKTMKNT OF FISHKS. l?l 



Carolina. Georgia, and Tennessee, with Descriptions of New or Little 

 Known Species." An extended discussion of the distribution of fresh- 

 water Ashes is given in this paper, pp. 01-95. 



1878. 



In 1878 1 spent some time at Beaufort, X. 0., in the study of the 

 marine fishes Of that port. In my work here I was assisted by Dr. 



Bray ton, Mr. Gilbert, and Mr. B. W. Bvermann. A catalogue of the 



species obtained was published in the Proceedings Of the U. S. National 

 Museum, 1878, pp. 3G5-388, by Jordan and Gilbert, under the title of 

 " Notes on the Fishes of Beaufort Harbor, North Carolina." 



1879. 



The summer of I87t> was spent in Europe. Considerable collections 



ut'ie made by Mr. Gilbert and myself at Venice. 



1880. 



hi November, 1879, 1 was appointed special agent of the U. S. Census 

 Bureau, in charge of the enumeration of the fisheries and other marine 

 interests of the Pacific coast of the United States. I was also in- 

 structed by the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries to undertake a thorough 

 study of the fish-fauna of that region, and to make extensive collections 

 of t he fishes for distribution by the U. S. National Museum to the chief 

 in use urns of the world. 



M r. Charles H. Gilbert was appointed assistant in this work. Special 

 assistance in Puget Sound was rendered by Mr. James G. Swan, of Neab 

 Baj , and about San Francisco by Mr. William N. Lockington, then ot 

 San Francisco. Important volunteer aid was also given by Miss Rosa 

 Smith, of San Diego, by Mr. Charles J. Smith, then of Astoria, and by 

 ( :ipt. Andrea Larco, of Santa Barbara. 



Mr, Gilbert and the writer reached San Diego about January 1,1885. 

 The time between that date and November 1 was devoted to an ex- 

 ploration of the coast from the Mexican boundary as far north as Saanich 

 on Vancouver's Island, most of the important points being visited at 

 least twice, at different seasons. 



The chief points at which collections were made are San Diego, San 

 Pedro (Wilmington), Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo (Port Harford), 

 Monterey, Soquel, San Francisco, Humboldt Bay, Astoria, Neah Bay, 

 Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria, Saanich Arm, and New Westminster. 



Few coasts have yet been so thoroughly explored, so far as the shore 

 fishes are concerned. We had, however, no means of collecting fishes 

 from any great depth. The results of these explorations have been given 

 in numerous short papers in the Proceedings of the U. S. National Mu- 

 seum for 1880 and 1881, in the Synopsis of the Fishes of North America, 

 and in other papers. Our reports to the U". S Census Bureau still re 



