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and was 9 feet long. Was told of one eauglit liere that weighed 600 

 pounds. 



No. 274. Herring. Sacramento Eiver, Eio Vista, February 20, 1873. 



No. 275. Lobster, (local name.) Sacramento river, Eio Yista, Califor- 

 nia, February 20, 1873. 



No. 108. Small fish. Cold Creek, Lake County, California, February^ 

 1873. 



No. 100. Small fish. Cold Creek, Lake County, California, February^ 

 1873. 



No. 170. Two specimens from Chinese fish-market at Sau Francisco,. 

 February, 1873. 



No. 171. Heads of male salmon ; two specimens. Point Arena, Cali- 

 fornia, December 1872. 



No. 172. Yellow rock-fish. Bay of San Francisco, November 22, 1872. 



No. 173. Small 21 ur aena. (See No. 158.) Farallone Islands, March 

 12, 1873. 



No. 171. Eed-headed woodpecker. McCloud Eiver, California, No- 

 vember 1873. 



No. 175. Blue jay. McCloud Eiver, November, 1873. 



No. 170. Salmon-spawn, showing stage of development. Eio Yista, 

 February 20, 1873. 



No. 177. Salmon-spawn. Sacramento Eiver, near Eio Yista, March 

 10, 1873. 



No. 178. One bottle containing seven small fish, from Clear Lake, 

 Lake County, California, February, 1873. 



No. 179, Salmon-spawn. Near Eio Yista, December, 1873. 



No. 180. Salmon-spawn. Near Eio Yista, January 25, 1873. 



No. 181. Spawn of lake-trout. Clear Lake, February, 1873. 



No. 182. Young trout. Spawned and bred artificially from parents 

 caught in the San Andreas reservoir, near Sau Francisco. (See No. 8 of 

 first catalogue.) Three specimens. 



No. 183. Small water-dogs. McCloud Eiver, California, November, 

 1872. The bottle also contains two 1000-legged worms, and an unknown 

 insect. 



No. 184. Supposed to be the " steamboat-bug." Sereno Lake, Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains, California, altitude 7,000 feet, November 9, 1872. 

 This insect was found swimming in the water, under ice an inch thick or 

 more. It seemed, says Mr. Eedding, to gather water within its body by 

 some process, and to propel itself along by ejecting it agaiu fi'om behind. 

 It was observed some time in order that the pumping process of the in- 

 sect might be well ascertained. Contributed by Hon. B. B. Eedding. 



No. 185. Twig of pepper-tree. See No. 149. Clear Lake, Lake County, 

 California, February, 1873. 



