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and ventral region silvery, red in spring males. Head three 

 and three-quarters in length. D. 7 or 8. A. 8 or 9. Teeth 

 5-5. Length of largest specimens two and a half inches. 



Some smaller exam|)les show the lateral bands con- 

 fluent on the caudal peduncle, but otherwise are typical. 

 There seems no good reason for regarding it, with Prof. 

 Cope, as a distinct species. 



Uranidea holeoides Girard. The Fresh-Water Scul- 

 pin. Miller's Thumb. 



The presence of this little fresh-water cottoid in the 

 streams of our province seems to have escaped the notice 

 of previous writers and observers. It is, however, by 

 no means rare ; but its habit of skulking under rocks 

 and not taking bait readily, as well as its diminutive size,, 

 makes it difficult to detect. 



Body sculpin-like, heavy anteriorly ; head broad and 

 flat, contained three and a quarter times in body. Mouth 

 large, with the maxillary extending to nearly opposite 

 the pupil, and the preopercular spine sharp. Villiform 

 teeth on jaws and vomer. Pectoral fins large, reaching 

 the third ray of the anal. Dorsal consists of eight 

 spines and seventeen rays ; the anal of eleven rays. 

 Coloration : Olivaceous above, with dark spots, whitish 

 below. Length three inches. 



This species was first repoited from the Restigouche 

 River in 1888 by John Brittain and the writer, subse- 

 quently collected by the latter frcmi the affluents of the 

 lower Miramichi, and was found dead in the Madawaska, 

 July, 1893. 



Urairidea JRichardsimi Jordan and Gilbert. Miller's 

 Thumb. Blob. 



To this species are referred specimens taken by the 

 writer from Mill Cove Stream, a tributary of the Mira- 

 michi, in the vicinit}' of IS^ewcastle, April, 1892. 



