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Page 250. Clupea elongata. In the description of the herring 

 which has been copied from Dr. Storer's Report, without credit, an 

 error has been unfortunately transferred. Instead of the eyes 

 being " two diameters apart," it should be, "distance between the 

 eyes less than the diameter of the eye." 



Page 258. Alosa tyr annus. While it is not easy to see why 

 Peck's prior name " serrata'" is more " absurd and unmeaning" 

 than " tyr annus" it is not a little surprising that the very accepta- 

 ble and appropriate one of Dr. Mitchell, " vernalis" was not re- 

 tained. 



Page 269. Amia occidentalis. This must be the Amia calva 

 of Kirtland, published Nov. 1840, in the Boston Journal of Natural 

 History. 



Page 283. Lota inornata. Dr. S. read a description of this 

 fish April, 1841, under the name of Lota brosmiana, which was 

 published, with a figure, in the Society's Journal, Jan. 1842. 



Page 289. Brosmius vulgaris.' Dr. De Kay is right in regard- 

 ing this as distinct from the European fish. But when he says 

 that " the Cusk of Storer is uniform dark slate," he overlooks the 

 description of an adult fish on the following page, which reads 

 " the color is brown upon the back, with yellowish sides and white 

 abdomen." 



Page 305. Lumpus Anglorum. Dr. De Kay says, " the dorsal 

 lump without any vestige of rays ; at least I find none in two which 

 I examined," though Dr. S., in the Report which must have been 

 before him, states that the " ridge is formed of distinct rays." A 

 dried specimen was exhibited, in which eight rays were perfectly 

 visible, and could not have escaped a slight dissection. 



Page 310. Anguilla tenuirostris. The description of this spe- 

 cies is admirable; but it is the Murcrna Bostoniensis of Le Sueur. 

 No other species is ever seen in Boston market, where Le Sueur 

 found his specimen, and named it accordingly. 



Page 319. Syngnathus fasciatus. This species was described 

 and figured by Dr. S. several years ago, under the name of S. 

 Peckianus. A careful comparison of the terms of description 

 will exhibit no differences except as to the length of the head. 

 Dr. S. exhibited several specimens to show the great differences in 

 the proportionate dimensions of the head, rostrum and body. 



Page 321. Syngnathus viridescens. Already described by 



