AJ.I.ICF. SHAD. 



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lioad, ;inil placed oiu- dianu'tcr and a lialf from tin- end of tlic 

 nose ; mucous vessels of the gill-covers beautifidly distri- 

 buted ; the nape and shoulders rise suddenly ; the greatest 

 deptli of the body just before the ventral fin ; scales of the 

 body rather large, nearly circular, and thin ; no distinct la- 

 teral line ; abdominal edge strongly serrated, particularly 

 behind the ventral fins. The colours very similar to those 

 of the Twaitc Shad, Avith a single dusky patch behind the 

 operculum, sometimes scarcely visible. 



Figure 1 of plate III. in Dr. Fleming's Philosophy of 

 Zoology is a representation of the Allice Shad. 



Intending to make the fishing-boats of several countries 

 the subjects of some of the vignettes, that at page 120 repre- 

 sents a Dutch boat : the vignette below is a representation of 

 a French fishing-boat. 



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