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The second spine of the dorsal equals one-half the length of the base 

 of soft dorsal, and is about equal to that of the second anal spine. The 

 eye is one-quarter as long as the head ; the head one-third of the length 

 to caudal base. 



D. X, i, 18; A. Ill, 10; scales 10-02-18; there are G2 counting to 

 the extremity of the lateral line, the last 4 or 5 being smaller than those 

 preceding. 



In the annotated copy of edition xii Linn6 has written the following 

 addition to tlie printed description : " radiis compressis ut in dorsali. 

 Corpus ovatum. Dentes subulati, sequales, approximati.'' 



Labrus auritus, L. 



LiNNfe, Sjst. Nat. ed. xii, 475. 



Ko. 43, Garden. " Freshwater Bream." 



This is the copper-nosed bream, with coarse squamation and heavy 

 nape, and with a broad, long ear. 



The longest dorsal spine equals the longest anal ; its length is one- 

 eighth of the total without caudal, an'1 about two ninths of the greatest 

 height. There are six rows of scales on the preoperculum. 



D. X, 11; A. Ill, 10; Sc. 7-45-14. 



Another example, labeled by Linne Lahrns anritus {'So. 11, Garden. 

 See Correspondence, page 311, Si cond line from bottom), is apparently 

 the ordinary form of long and slender eared suntish, which we find in 

 more northern rivers, as the Potomac and the Susquehanna. 



D. X, 11 ; A. Ill, ; Sc. 7|-47-14. 



The longest dorsal spine equals the third anal spine in length, and is 

 about one-eighth of the total length to the end of the lateral line, and 

 about one-quarter of the greatest height. Seven rows of scales on pre- 

 operculum. The maxilla is as long as the orbit and about one-third as 

 long as the head. 



The external characters of these two typical specimens seem to agree 

 pretty closely. The pharyngeal teeth and the gill-rakers could not be 

 examined. 



Labrus rufus. L. * 



LiNNi^, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 475. 



Xo. 7, Garden. Spanish Hog Fish. 



This is the specimen which Garden procured from the island of Prov- 

 idenc^e. Linne did not receive it until after the twelfth edition was 

 printed. 



The anal spines seem to have been overlooked by Linn6 in his de- 

 scription of the species. 



I). XII, 10; A. Ill, 12. 



This is Harpe rufn, (L.) Gill. 



Labrus iiiatula, L. 



LiXNE, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 475. 



No. 14, Garden. 



(See Smith's Correspondence, p. 313.) 



