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BULLETIN 



OF THE 



ILLINOIS STATE LABORATORY 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY 



Urbana, Illinois, U. S. A. 



\'oL. VIL May, 1905. Article 1\'. 



ON A NEW SHOVELNOSE STURGEON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. 



(Plates IV.— VII.) 



BY 

 S. A. FORBES, PH.D., AND R. E. RICHARDSON, A.M. 



