330. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Inches, 



Length of caudal fin along its middle • • • • 2g 

 Length along the lateral line from nose 



to the end of the middle of the tail • • 29} 



Width of base of dorsal fin 3 ^ 



Width of base of adipose fin, nearly • • • • | 



Width of base of pectoral, about 1 



Width of base of abdominal, about | 



Width of base of ventral 2| 



Width of outstretched tail along its free 

 margin. (Line of end of tail when thus 



stretched almost straight) 7} 



Girth just anterior to pectorals 11^ 



Girth just anterior to abdominals 15^ 



Girth just anterior to ventrals 11 



31 

 31 



Inches. 



Girth just anterior to caudal G^ 



Adipose fin thick and fat 



Its ] length posteriorly 1 



Dorsal length, superiorly (anteriorly) • • • 

 Ventral, length infcriorly (anteriorly) • • ■ 



Rays — Pectoral 13 



Abdominal 11 



Ventral 13 



Dorsal 12 



Caudal 26 ' 



Branchial 12.12 



The caudal rays in the middle divide each 

 into four fasciculi, which are again subdivided. 



Colors. — These were noted six hours after the death of the fish — they were still quite bright 

 and silvery, and are given under the head of specific characters. 



The lower jaw was received nicely and accurately witliin the upper. Sex not noted. 



It is possible that this species may prove identical with the next. The fish resemble each 

 other closely, and many specimens of both species (or varieties) will be required to determine 

 the question properU*. 



George Gibbs, esq., writing from Puget Sound, after alluding to several other species of 

 salmon, says: 



'•'Besides the above. Swan caught, in 1854, two of the square-tailed salmon ; only one Indian 

 had ever seen them before. The rest said they were strangers (Jieloima.) The scales came off 

 very easily on handling." 



Again he says : (this time writing from the Columbia river.) 



"The square-tailed sahnon has the body thicker where the tail joins the body than is the 

 case in the common salmon {S. quinnat.) Belly silvery white ; back not as blue as in the other 

 species, {? S. quinnat,) and marked with numerous small roundish spots. Tail cut sharp across 

 and not forked." 



In the following remarks Mr. Gibbs perhaps refers to the present species, or else to one of 

 the other winter kinds which had not yet finislied its sexual duties before the arrival of the 

 S. quinnat. 



"In 1853, at Astoria, I purchased the first salmon March 10. It was brought from Clatsap, 

 ■where several had been taken previously. It was not in good order, and weighed but 13 lbs. ; 

 a female, with eggs, half grown. Sides somewhat discolored, as is common in the ffill. Fish 

 more slender than that of the usual spring salmon. I was doubtful whether its different 

 appearance arose from its being a variety, or out of season. Afterwards, April 20, I find 

 another note that tliis species was still taken, while the true spring salmon were in season. It 

 reached 20 lbs in weight." 



At another time Mr. Gibbs writs : "The sicicowl is taken ' fresh ' (fresh run?) late in January, 

 at Port Discovery and Hood's Canal," (Puget Sound.) 



