850 



GENERAL INDEX. 



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Spear-fish 802,825 



Spears and arrows 253 



Species, doubtful 780 



number of 781 



Specimens, collection of xv 



facilities afforded for 



collecting xv 



for national museifms. xv 

 for colleges, academies, 



museums, &c xv 



sphacelaria cirrhosa . . . 286 



radicans 293 



Sphserococoidea? 288 



Sphyrsena 808 



SphyramidsB 783,808 



Sphyramoidea 788 



Sphyrna 813,837 



SphyrnidsB 790,813 



Spinaeoidae 790, 814 



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



Spongiocarpese 290 



Sporochnacese 285 



Spring-bass 8 



Spring-weir 272 



Spyridiacepe 291 



Spyridia filamentosa 291 



Squali 790 



Squalus 814,827 



Squamariae 290 



Squatina 813,827 



Squatinidse 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 ssxiv 



Stationary apparatus, regulating 



their use 132 



Stelliferus 805 



Stenotomus 806 



argy rops 228, 824 



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Stephanolepis 793,823 



Stevens, Lieutenant-Governor Par- 

 don W 16,29,'l84 



Stevens, Mr. T 87 



Stichaeidse 785, 786, 797 



Stich reus 797 



Stickle-back 794,825,826 



Stilophora rhizodes 285 



Stimpson, Doctor 259 



Stingaree 812 



Sting-ray 812 



Stomias 809 



Stomiatidse 789,809 



Stoniiatinie 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, «5, 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.) 



Stromateidse 787, 804 



Stromateinse 78 



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 



Synentognathi .788, 789 



Syngnathi. 784 



Syngnathidpe 784, 793 



Syngnathime 784 



Syngnathus 793,823 



Synodontidse 789,810 





