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Dorsal fins contiguous. Origin of anal situated posteriorly to the anterior 

 margin of the second dorsal. Dorsal region prickly. Greenish olive, maculated 

 and spotted with black. Abdomen whitish, unicolor. 

 Collected at Monterey, Cal. 



13. Oligocottus globiceps. — Head rounded anteriorly. Mouth moderately 

 cleft; posterior extremity of maxillary bone extending to a vertical line drawn 

 posteriorly to the pupil. Rudimentary spines upon the preopercle. Two acute 

 nasal spines. Dorsal fins separated. Origin of anal situated somewhat poste- 

 riorly to the anterior margin of the second dorsal fin. Reddish brown, upper 

 regions maculated with black ; beneath unicolor and lighter than above. 



From S. Farallones, Cal. 



ZANIOLEPIS. — Upper surface of head spineless. Preopercle spinous. Mouth 

 moderate, with its gape horizontal and the jaws subequal. Card-like teeth upon 

 the premaxillaries, dentaries, front of vomer, and palatines. Gill openings con- 

 tinuous under the throat ; branchiostegals six on either side. Dorsal fins con- 

 tiguous ; anterior one larger than the second. Caudal posteriorly subcrescentic. 

 Insertion of ventrals situated posteriorly to the base of the pectorals. Dermic 

 productions comb-like. 



14. Zaniolepis latipinnis. — Three small spines upon the convexity of the 

 preopercle. First dorsal much longer than the second, with its anterior two 

 rays prolonged beyond the others. Anal fin longer than the soft dorsal and 

 provided with three spiny rays. Upper surface and sides of head prickly and 

 rough like the surface of the body. Color yellowish-brown ; fius spotted or 

 barred with black. 



From Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound. 



15. Blepsias ocuLOFASCiATUs. — Posterior extremity of the maxillary bone ex- 

 tending to a vertical line drawn across the anterior rim of the pupil. First 

 dorsal anteriorly filiform. Extremities of posterior rays of both the dorsal and 

 anal, projecting beyond the insertion of the caudal. Anal fin shorter than the 

 second dorsal, and not as deep as the the latter is high. Ground color of a 

 uniform rusty red. A black band crosses the eye, through the pupil, and ex- 

 tends across the cheeks. 



Collected at Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound. 



Description of a new species of CYPSELUS, collected on the North Western 

 Boundary Survey, Archibald Campbell, Esq., Commissioner. 



BY C. B. R. KENXERLY, M.D. 



Surgeon and Naturalist to the Commission. 

 Ctpselus borealis, Kennerly. 



Tail slightly forked, wings long, extending l^ inch beyond the tail; first 

 primary about a line longer than the second. 



Color sooty, approaching to black; top of head ashy brown, formed by the 

 whitish tips of the feathers. In front of the eye a small semicircular space of 

 black, over and in front of which is a line of gray ; chin and throat dusky ; tips 

 of small feathers on the shoulder grayish, also those of the undertail coverts : 

 eyes black. 



Length 6| inches, extent of wings 17 inches, from metacarpal joint to end of 

 wing 6| inches, tarsus .54 of an inch. Toes long and slender and armed with 

 long, sharp claws. 



Found at Simiahmo Bay, Puget Sound, near the 49th parallel of latitude, 

 Washington Territory, July 1857. Male. 



This species is readily distinguished from any heretofore known to inhabit 

 North America, by its large size, the form of the tail, and the absence of the 



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