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 9, pp. 796-798. 

 An outline of the proposed voyage of 

 the steamship Albatross under direc- 

 tion of Alexander Agassiz, with a list 

 of officers. 



209. 



1899. Smith, Hugh M. The deep-sea 

 exp oring expedition of the 

 ste. »iner Albatross. 



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- 

 ting ns, with critical notes on 

 other species. III. [Brief Con- 

 tributions to Zoology from the 

 Mu-eum of Yale College, No. 

 L.X.] 



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

 (Plinthaster) nitida, Peltaster hebes, 

 Hippasteria caribcea, Cladaster rudis, 

 Mediaster agassizii, Pseudar chaster (?) 

 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 

 1899, vol. 10, pp. 301-386, 2 pis. 

 Based in part on Albatross collections. 

 New genera and species: Amphioplus, 

 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 Albatross from San Fran- 

 cisco to Papeete.] 



Am. Jour. Sci. 19u0, fourth series, 

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



The same. II. The Paumotus. 



[Letter No. 2, dated Papeete 

 Harbor, Nov. 6, le>9t), etc.] 



Am. Jour. Sci. 1900, fourth series, 

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



The same. HI. [Letter No. 3, 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 



