THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM JOURNAL. 
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A COMPLETE INDEX OF ALL THE FISH IN THE TANKS 
The following tabulated list is designed, with the assistsnce of the accompanying ground plan, to serve as a guide or index to the Aquarium 
Tanks, and although it will be revised monthly, allowance must be made for such changes as may be found necessary during the intervals 
between the dates of publication. 
SALT WATER TABLE TANKS. 
Tank 1.—Anemones. 
Tank 2.—Porgies, Peetens. 
Tank 3. — Striped Gurnards, Algae, Toad 
Fish, Smooth-browed Bull Head, Winter 
Flounder, Tautog. 
Tank 4.—Sea Haven, Spider Crabs, Bock 
Crabs, Peetens, Algae, Sea Urchins. 
Tank 5. — Hermit Crabs, Spider Crab, Pec - 
tens, Lebias, Algae, Cunner, Sea Urchins. 
Tank 6. — Star-fish, four varieties, Hermit 
Crabs, Peetens, Algae, Barnacles, Anemones, 
Cunner. 
Tank 7,—Serpula, Living Sponges, Aro- 
mias, Brvoyo is. 
Tank 8.—Anemones, four varieties, Algae, 
LvngCcrds. 
Tank 9.—Crabs, 7 varieties, Algae. 
Tank 10.- — Young King Crabs, Spider Crabs 
in uniform, Little Hermits, Young Black fish, 
Young Sea Toads, Algae, Young of Edible 
Crabs, 
Tank 11.—Lafayettes, Algae, Little Hermits, 
Pear SnaTs., [ 
Tank 12.—Sea" Horse, Slieepshead Lebias, 
Algae, Serpula, Periwinkle Spawn, Skates’ 
Eggs. 
FRESH WATER TABLE TANKS. 
Tank 13.—Brook Pickerel. 
Tank 14.—N. Y. Shiner. 
Tank 15.—Young Brook Trout. 
Tank 16.—Yellow Perch. 
Tank 17.-—Banded Proteus. 
Tank 18.—Young California Salmon, hatch¬ 
ed in the Aquarium Dec. 4, 1876. 
Tank 19.—White Perch. 
Tank 20.—English Boach presented by 
Captan Mortimer, Blaek-nos,d Dace. 
Tank 21.—Long eared Pond fish, Lampkrey. 
Tank 22.—Hell Benders. 
Tank 23.—Common Sun fish. 
Tank 24.—Black Bass. 
Tank 25-—Pickerel. 
Tank 26.—Brown Cat fish. 
Tank 27.—YouDg Salmon. 
POST TANKS. 
Tank 28. — Sticklebacks. 
Tank 29. — Young Cat Fish,Lobster, etc. 
Tank 30. — Dace. 
Tank 31.—Algae, Unio, Munnon. 
Tank 32. — Fresh water Lobster, Dace. 
Tank 38.—Crimson Spotted Triton. 
Tank 34.—Black Headed Dace. 
Tank 35.—Young SaltWater Actinae, Coral, 
Algae. 
SALT WATER SERIES. 
Tank 36.—Sharp-nosed Sturgeon, Blunt- 
nosed Sturgeon, Spotted Skate, Summer 
Skate, Spotted Dog Fish, American Codling, 
Lobster, Sea Bass, Black Fish or Tautog, 
Ling. 
Tank 37.—Striped Bass, Codlings Floun¬ 
ders. 
Tank 38.—Five varieties of Star Fish. 
Tank 39.—Lobsters 
FRESH WATER SERIES. 
Tank 40.—California Salmon, Lake Trout, 
Brook Trout. 
Tank 41.— Yellow Perch, Brook Pickerel, 
Blue Cat-fish, Long-eared Pond fish, common 
Pond fish, Mullett Sucker, Geneva Bass, Bock 
Bass, White Suckers, Wall-eyed Pike, Spotted 
Perch. 
Tank 42.—Carp, Pearl Carp, Golden Carp, 
Mottled Carp. 
Tank 43.—Brown Cat-fish, Common Cat, 
Blue Cat, Fresh Water Dog-fish, Lake Stur¬ 
geon, Efel, Gar Pike, Pickerel, Common Pond 
fish, “ Seneca Laker,” (Localism), Bass, Fresh 
Long finned Chub Sucker, Wall-eyed Pike, 
Lake Pickerel, Black Bass, White Fish, Bock 
Sturgeon. 
SALT WATER SERIES. 
Tank 44.—Shoal of Striped Bass, Black fish, 
Sea Perch, Blue fish. 
Tank 45.—Deep Sea Cod. 
Tank 46.—Blackfish, Striped Bass, Lafay¬ 
ette, King Crab, Skates. 
Tank 47.—Flounder, Tomcod, Toad Fish. 
Tank 48.—Lobster, Lady-crab, Edible Crab, 
Spider Crab, Hermit Crab, Spotted Crab, 
Lobster. 
Tank 46.—Spotted Cod Lings. 
Tank 50.—Bock Cod. 
Tank 51.—Black Sea Bass. 
Tank 52.—Lobster, Striped Bass, Porgies, 
Lafayette Fish. 
Tank 53.—Brook Trout, Salmon Trout, Cali¬ 
fornia Salmon, Kenebec or Atlantic Salmon. 
Tank 54.—Fish hatching troughs. 
Tank 55.—Sea Lion. 
Tank 56.—Alligators, 
Tank 57.—Seals. 
Tanks not numbered contain the Salaman¬ 
ders, Japanese Turtle, Otters, Bladder-nosed 
Seal, Ac. In certain instances, where a recent 
removal of fish has been deemed necessary 
previous to a revision of this list, information 
regarding its location can be obta ned from 
the regularly appointed assistants, who are 
constantly in attendance for the sole purpose 
cf.answering questions. 
THREE SONNETS, 
MARCH. 
Month which the warring ancients strangely styled 
The month of war—as if in their fierce ways 
AVere any month of peace !—in thy rough days, 
I find no war in nature, though the wild 
AVinds clash and clang, and broken boughs are piled 
At feet of writhing trees. The violets raise 
Their heads without affright, or look of maze, 
And slei p through all the din, as sleeps a child. 
And he who watches well, will well discern. 
Sweet expectation in each living thing. 
Like pregnant mother, the sweet earth doth yearn ; 
In secret joy makes ready for the spring ; 
And hidden, sacred, in her breast doth bear 
Annunciation lilies for the year. h. h. 
— March Scribner. 
NATURE. 
As a fond mother, when the day is o’er, 
Leads by the hand her little child to bed, 
Half willing, half reluctant to be led, 
And leave his broken playthings on the floor, 
Still gaz'ng at them through the open door. 
Nor wholly^ reassured and comforted 
By promises of others in their stead, 
AVhich, though more splendid, may not please him 
more ; 
So Nature deals with us, and takes away 
Our playthings one by one, and by the hand 
Leads us to rest so gently, thp.t we go 
Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, 
Being too full of sleep to understand 
How far the unknown transcends the what/we know. 
H. AAA Longfellow. — March Atlantic. 
SLEEP. 
AVhen to soft Sleep we give ourselves away, 
And in a dream as in a fairy bark 
Drift on and on through the enchanted dark 
To purple daybreak—little thought we pay 
To that sweet bitter world we know by day. 
AA'e are clean quit of it, as is a lark 
So high in heaven no human eye may mark 
The thin swift pinion cleaving through the gray. 
Till we awake ill fate can do no ill, 
The resting heart shall not take up again 
The heavy load that yet must make it bleed ; 
For this brief space the loud world’s voice is still, 
No fainte st echo of it brings us pain. 
How will it be when we shall sleep indeed ? 
T. B. Aldrich. 
