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NATURAL HISTORY OF ARCTIC AMERICA. 



Talle of Measurements — Continued. 

 Genus, Gasterosteus. 



Current number of specimen i 



Locality. 



Head: 



Greatest lensrtli 



Greatest width 



Width of interorbital area . 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Length of maxillary 



Length of mandiblo 



Diameter of orbit 



Dorsal (spinous) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Lengtli of fust spine 



Length of second spine 



Length of last spine 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Length of base 



Length of antecedent spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of first spine 



Length of first ray 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays . . . 

 Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Caudal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Punrjitius Pungitius 

 L.,2'J,015a. L,2--',015 6. 



Christiania, Norway, E. Col- 

 lett. 



Millimetres 

 and lOOths 

 of length. 



.12 



.06 

 .06 

 .10 

 .07 

 .08 

 .08 



.29 



.28 

 .065 

 .07 

 .055 



.26 

 .08 

 .14 

 .14 

 .04 



.59 

 .24 

 .09 

 .14 

 .14 

 .04 



.13 

 .14 



.30 

 .16 



.37 



.13 



X, 1, 12 



Lio 



rV, 12, IV 



9 



LI 



Millimetres 

 and lOOths 

 of length. 



.30 

 .30 

 .07 

 .07 

 .055 



.60 

 .23 

 .09 

 .15 

 .15 



.13 

 .15 



.32 

 .17 



.39 



.13 



IX, L 10 



L9 



+ .12,+ 

 10 



LI 



Blanchardi Sauvage 

 (type) (39) 21,139. 



Boston, U. S. 



Millimetres and lOOtha 

 of length. 



.28 

 .12 

 .06 

 .00 

 .08 

 .07 

 .08 

 .08 



.27 



.28 

 .06 

 .065 

 .055 



.26 

 .07 

 .13 

 .13 

 .04 



.58 

 .23 

 .08 

 .13 

 .13 

 .045 



.12 

 .14 



.30 

 .16 



..36 



.12 



IX, L 11 



1,10 



V, 12, IV 



10 



LI 



Family, MICROSTOMID^. 



28. Mallotus villosus (Miill.) Cuv. 



MaUotus villosus Rich., F. B. A., ili, 1836, p. 187. 



Signalized from Bathurst's Inlet. IVIr. Knmlien mentions " small her- 

 ring-like fisli that enter the sound in great numbers in early spring, but 

 soon leave. They are called ' ice fish' by the whalers." I suppose they 

 belong to the species named above. 



Family, SALMONID^. 



29. Salmo salar (Linn.) Giintlier. 



Salmo salar KuMLiEN, in lit. 



Mr. Kumlien writes me that this salmon was obtained in quantities in 

 the Cumberland waters, and that he recognized at least two species of 



