Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

Gr.-8°. Mit 28 Tafeln. 3 Bll., 718 SS. Ldr. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. Rsch. (stark beschabt und bestoßen, Ecken und Kanten mit Läsuren, fleckig, angestaubt, Deckel gestempelt).

Bemerkung:

"54th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representative, Doc. No. 424".- Contents: "Report on the Propagation and Distribution of Food-fishes, by Tarleton H. Bean. Report upon the Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and the Fishing-grounds, by Richard Rathbun. Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries, by Hugh M. Smith. Report of the Representative of the U. S. Commission at the World's Columbian Exposition, by Tarleton H. Bean. Report upon the Operations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, by Z. L. Tanner. Description of a Closing Tow-net for Submarine Use at the Depths., by C. H. Townsend. The Whitefishes of North America, by Barton W. Evermann and Hugh M. Smith. A Report upon the Fishes of the Missouri River Basin, by Barton W. Evermann and Hugh M. Smith. A Review of the Foreign Fishery Trade of the United States, by Charles H. Stevenson. Remarks on the Movements and Breeding-grounds of the Fur-seal, based on Observations made while on the United States Naval Patrol of Bering Sea in 1894, by J. J. Brice. An Annotated Catalogue of the Fishes known from the State of Vermont, by Barton W. Evermann and William C. Kendall. A Report upon the Fishes of Southwestern Minnesota, by Ulysses O. Cox. List of Publications of the U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries from its Establishment in February, 1871, to February, 1896, by Charles W. Scudder". With map: "U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries Steamer Albatross, Chart of the Eastern Portion of Bering Sea, showing the Results of Investigations during the Season of 1893. By the Officers of the Albatross, Commander Z. L. Tanner".