PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 3" 



For comparisou, I give below measurements of all the specimens of 

 R. alicice Baird examined in connection with the present subject : 



MALES. 



Locality. 



« hi 

 KJS 



si 



H 



18072 Nat. M. 

 323 H. W. H. 



339 H. W. II. 



340 H. W. H. 

 82512 Nat. M. 

 6:i064 Nat. M. 

 77170 Nat. M. 

 82.il9 Nat. M. 

 82516 Nat. M. 

 25213 Nat. M. 

 70160 Nat. M. 

 81304 Nat. M. 

 81334 Nat. M. 



4708 Nat. M. 

 54368 Nat. M. 



340 E. P. U. 



541 E. r. B. 



339 E. P. 15. 



691 E. P. 15. 



E. P. U. 



18 E. P. B. 



697 E. P. B. 

 25 E. P. B. 



707 E. P. B. 



Gro-swater Bay, Labrador . 



CambridK©, Mass 



do. 



do 



do 



.... do 



Cook County, Ulinois 



Mount Carmel, 111 



Fairfax County, Virginia . 



Washington. D. C 



Saint Michaels, Alaska . . . 



do 



Kodiak, Alaska 



Vermilion River 



Yakuts, Alaska 



Eiveidale, N. Y 



.... do 



do 



do 



...do 



....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 



Average . 



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4.30 

 4.20 

 3.85 

 4.20 

 4.10 

 4.00 

 4.30 

 4.10 

 4.40 

 4.25 

 4.20 



3.00 

 3.20 

 3.05 

 .3.15 

 3.05 

 3.00 

 3.10 

 3.00 

 3.25 

 3.20 

 2.90 



4. 20 I 3. 00 

 4. 30 3. 00 



4.25 

 4. 10 

 4.20 

 4.25 

 4.35 

 4.20 

 3.85 

 4.15 

 4.00 

 4.15 

 3.95 



3.05 

 2.85 

 3 40 

 3.15 

 3.20 

 3.25 

 3.10 

 3.20 

 3.00 

 3.10 

 3.00 



1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.25 

 1.20 

 1.18 

 1.20 

 1.15 

 1.20 

 1.25 

 1.18 

 1.20 

 1.15 

 1.18 

 1.15 

 1.30 

 1.30 

 1.20 

 1.15 

 1.12 

 1.25 

 1.10 

 1.22 

 1.20 



4. 16 I 3. 17 



1.20 



FEMALES. 



H.W.H. 



H. W. H. 



63066 Nat. M. 

 H. W. II. 



— H.W.H. 



82515 Nat. M. 

 59301 Nat. M. 

 71159 Nat. M. 

 55502 Nat. M. 

 22607 Nat.M. 

 43194 Nat.M. 

 43205 Nat. M. 

 19 E. P. B. 

 623 E. P. B. 



Grantvi)'' j, Mass 



do 



uo 



Washington, D. C 



do 



do 



do 



Fort Sisseton, Dak 



Fort Macon, N. C 



Fort Simpson, British America . . 

 Foit Anderson, British America. 



do 



Eiverdale, N. Y 



Average of females 

 Average of males . . . 



Average of both sexes 



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3.90 

 3.75 

 4.10 

 3.90 

 4.05 

 3 90 

 3.90 

 4.10 

 4.20 

 4.05 

 3.95 

 4.05 

 4.00 

 3.95 



2.85 

 2.85 

 3.10 

 2.95 

 3.00 

 2.90 

 3.00 

 2.90 

 3.20 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 3.05 

 2.85 



3.99 

 4.10 



3.02 

 3.17 



8.15 1 6.19 



1.15 



1.18 



1.15 



1.20 



1.25 



1.18 



1.15 



1.12 



1.15 I 



1.20 1 



1.12 



1.12 



1.15 



1.15 



1.16 

 1.20 



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.57 

 ..58 

 .57 



.58 Oct. 12 



.55 Oct. 12 

 . 45! ! Sept 26 



.57 I Sept. 29 



. 55 ' May 23 



. 58 May 4 



.57 Sept. 10 



.52 ! JuTiell 



. C5 I .Tunc — 



.57 Oct. 18 



. 50 Oct. 2 



..55 

 .55 



1.10 



.55 



BEIVTHO0ESJTIUS, A NEfV GE.-VIJS OF DEEP-SEA FISHES, AI.I.IED TO 



■.EPIOOPV.S. 



By G. BROIVN OOODE and TARI.ETON H. BEAIV. 



The United States Fish Commission has recently received from Capt. 

 Eoderick Morrison, of the Gloucester fishing- schooner Laura Nelson, 

 a remarkable fish, taken from the stomach of a halibut caught on the 

 western edge of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland in eighty fathoms 



