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The observations recorded in table 4 were made on tlie flight of fly- 

 ingfishes at about latitude 19° N., longitude 153° W., at latitude 10° N., 

 longitude 165° W., and at about latitude 2° N., longitude 169° W. The 

 length of time was determined by means of a stop watch. The length 

 of the flights that lasted about 14 seconds was nearly twice the length 

 of the ship, or 650 to 700 feet. 



Genus CYPSILURUS Swainson 



Ci/psilnrus (spelling clianged to Cypseluriis by Int. Comm. Noni. ; in my opinion 

 this change was in erroi-) Swainson, The natural history and classification of 

 fishes . . ., vol. 1, p. 299, 1838. (Type, Cj/psilurus appendiculatus Wood.) 

 CYPSILURUS ATRISIGNIS Jenkins 



Cypsiliirus atrisignis Jenkins, U. S. Fish Comm. Bull., vol. 22 (1902), p. 436, pi. 

 3, 1903. 



115275, latitude 14°54' N., longitude 161°51' W., April 19, 1939, 1 specimen, sailed 

 on deck of Bushnell about 16 feet above the sea. 



115274, latitude 7° N., longitude 167° W., April 20, 1939, 1 specimen, sailed on 

 boat deck, 9 p. m., about 32 feet above the sea. 



115273, latitude 1° N., longitude 170° W., April 23, 1939, 1 specimen, sailed 

 through porthole at 2 a. m. and landed on bunk of Mr. De Maris. 



CYPSILURUS ALTIPENNIS (Valenciennes) 



Exocoettis altipennis Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire natu- 

 relle des poissons, vol. 19, p. 109, pi. 560, 1846. 



115277, latitude 10° N., longitude 105° W., April 20, 1939, 1 specimen, sailed on 

 Bii.shncll at night. 



CYPSILURUS POECILOPTERUS (Valenciennes) 



Exocoetus poecilopteriis Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire 

 naturelle des poissons, vol. 19, 112, pi. 561, 1846. 



52358, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



CYPSILURUS SPILONOPTERUS (Bleeker) 



Exocoetus spilonoptcrus Bleekets, Atlas ichthyologique . 

 1806-72. 



., vol. 6, pi. 249, fig. 2, 



