Bulletins Containing Numerous Papers Relating to the Natural History Offish and Other Aquatic Animals
GREAT INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES EXHIBITION. LONDON, 1883. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A. PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE SYNOPSIS OF THE COLLECTIONS EXHIBITED BY THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION AND BY SPECIAL EXHIBITORS. WITH A CONCORDANCE TO THE OFFICIAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE EXHIBITION. i^> i WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1883. 2444—Bull. 27 COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT OF THE UNITED STATES. —— — COLLECTIVE EXHIBIT OF THE UNITED STATES. ANALYSIS. Section A.—AQUATIC ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF NOETH AMERICA BENEFICIAL OE INJURIOUS TO MAN. I. Mammals. 1. Group of Fur Seals, Callorhinus ursinus, with screen of water- color sketches by Henry W. Elliott, illustrating the seal life of the Prybilov Islands ; stuffed Eibbon Seal, His- triophoca equestris ; cast of Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina; stuffed head of walrus, Odobcenus obcsus. 2. Cast of Manatee, Triclieclms manatus, skull of Rhytina gigas, from Bering Island. 3. Casts of White Whale, Delphinapterus, and of foetal Black- fish, Globicephalus. 4. Casts of several smaller toothed cetaceans, with skulls of the same ; casts of heads of cetaceans. II. Birds. 5. Collection of skins of Aquatic Birds of the United States, exhibited by the United States National Museum. 6. Mounted groups of Aquatic Birds. Ill, IV. Eeptiles and Batrachians. 7. Cast of Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis. 8. Casts of Diamond-Back Terrapin, Malacoclemmys palustris, Slider Terrapin, Pseudemys ntgosa, Alligator Terrapin, Macrochelys lacertina, Soft-shell Turtle, Aspidonectcs fe- row, Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas. Loggerhead Turtle, Thalassochelys caotiana, Leatherback Turtle, Sphargis coriacea. 9. Casts of Water Snakes, Tropidonotus sipedon, Moccasin, Ancistrodon pi.scivorus, Eattlesnake, Grotalus adaman- teus, &c. 10. Collection of 24 species of tailed batrachians, including Siren, Nccturus, Amphiuma, Menopoma, Amblystoma, Si- redon, &c.
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