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The iHoquality of the lobes and the singular shape arc not inesent in the 

 smaller individuals referred to below. 



Mr. Kumlien sent the following notes of color: "Brassy red; belly 

 white; eye red. Fins dark pmi)le brown." A sketch of this specimen 

 by Mr. Kumlien lias the caudal lobes equal. 



:21747. (481.) Kiugwali Fjord, CuuiIk rlaud Gulf, A. L. Kiinilicii. ]). i;^, — , 20. A. 

 1G,21. V.6. Length 180 millimftros. 



"Found on a seal-hole. Iris silvery white. Fins daik purple brown. 

 Belly and lower parts silverj^ Back brassy olive brown." — Kumlien. 



21748. (857.) Head of Cumberlaud Gnlf, A. 1.. Kimdicii. D. ]3,1G,2(I. A. 19,21. 

 P. 19. Y. G. Lengtli 160 millimetres. 



"Dark brassy red, becoming blue-black on head. Silvery white on 

 belly. Pectorals white. All the rest of the fins dark purple-blue." — 

 Kumlien. 



21753. (369.) Cumberlaud Gulf, Jau. 2, 1878, A. L. Kumlien. Length 112 millim. 



"The principal food of Pagomys fcetidus at this season." — Kumlien. 



I have followed the lead of Malmgren* and Collettt in employing the 

 name Gadus saida Lepech. Professor CoUett has made a direct com- 

 parison of examples of this form of cod from Archangel, Greenland, 

 Spitzbergen, and Nova Zembla, and he believes ihe polaris of Sabine, 

 1824, Fahricii of Eichardson, 183G, and agilis of Eeinhardt, 1838, to be 

 identical with G. saida. The only difference that he observed is that 

 individuals from the White Sea have, as a rule, darker fins than the 

 rest, which he justly attributes to a difference in the surroundings of 

 the bottom in the different places. They agree in squamation, structure 

 of the teeth, position of the anus, and in every i)articular of the structure 

 of the body so completely that they cannot possibly be separated.^ 



4. Pollachius carbonarius (Linn.) Bon. 



Merlangus carbonarius Rich., Last of the Arctic Voyages, 1855, p. 375. 

 Richardson records the species from Davis Strait. 



5. Gadus morrhua Linn. 



Cadiis monhua Ilicn., F. 15. A., iii, 183G, p. 243. 



Kichardson states that Davis observed many cod in the possession of 

 the Eskimo who live between Cape Raleigh and Cumberland Strait. 



*Ofv. Kgl. Vet. Akad. Forh. 18G4, p. 531. 



tChristiania Vid. Sclsk. FJirh. Xo. 14, 1878, (]>. 80). 



tMen iovrigt st<tnun<' de i HkJ;i'llickkedniiig, 'PiU)dliy^;Hinj;-, Stilliugeu af Anus og i 

 ethvert Punkt af deros Legcnishygning saa fiildkomnifn overens, at nogen Adskillolso 

 mellcm den ikke or nmlig. — Colldt, h c. 



