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Klamath, which is located on the eastern slope of this range, and well 

 up in the mountains. But I do not think that it will even be found 

 there, and it is strange to account for it, but it is true all the same. 

 There are two gentlemen stationed at Fort Townsend, Washington 

 Territory, who can and will get you specimens, I think. They are 

 Col. Alexander Chambers, Twenty-first Infantry, and Capt. Stephen P. 

 Jocelyn, same regiment. Come to think of it, they are likely to be re- 

 moved any day, as their regiment is to go to Wyoming. I will try and 

 see if I can't find some one to do this, and will write to a taxidermist in 

 Portland about it, whom I know. 

 Fort Walla Walla, 



Washington Territory, April 22, 1882. 



UliSCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF BJLEIVNY (ISESTHES GIl.- 

 BERTI) FROM SAIVTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA. 



By DAVID S. JORDAN. 



Head 4 in length (4| with caudal); depth 4 (4§). D. XII, 19; A. II, 

 21. Length of largest specimen 4i inches. 



Body comparatively robust, deep, and compressed. Head large, 

 rounded, the anterior jjrofile less blunt than in I. gentilis and less 

 rounded, nearly straight from tip of snout to above eye, thence again 

 nearly straight to front of dorsal. Length of snout about equal to 

 diameter of eye, 4^ in head. Mouth rather small, terminal, the maxil- 

 lary reaching to opposite middle of eye, 2| in head. Teeth subequal, 

 with no trace of posterior canines. Superciliarj^ tentacle large, multifid, 

 much branched from near the base, the principal division 3| in head. 



Gill-openings larger than in J. gentilis, extending downward to the 

 level of lower edge of pectoral, the length of the slit. If in head. 



Lateral line developed beyond the straight part, its posterior portion 

 curved downwards. 



Dorsal fin continuous, with a slight but distinct depression between 

 the spinous and soft parts, the spines somewhat curved, but stiff and 

 strong, the longest spine about 2J- in head; longest soft niys 2 in head. 

 Candal fin free from dorsal and anal, 1^ in head. Yentrals IJ in head. 

 Pectorals about as long as head. 



Males, as usual in this genus, with the anal spines partly detached, 

 and provided with fleshy tips. 



Coloration olivaceous, the body and fins everywhere profusely mottled 

 and reticulated with darker. Obscure dark shades extending down- 

 waxd from eye across, or partly across, lower side of head. Head with- 

 out distinct spots, or other sharply defined markings ; no pale bars on 

 side of head in either sex. Some yellowish markings on anterior part 

 of dorsal. 



Numerous specimens of this species were obtained by Mr. Charles H. 



