New York, December 24, 1916. No. 38 



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Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates 



A SECOND RECORD OF THE SCOMBROID 



FISH GERMO MACROPTERUS FROM 



THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. 



A specimen of this species was found stranded 

 on the beach between Santa Barbara and Carpen- 

 teria, along the Santa Barbara Channel in Southern 

 California, on July 12, 1910. This species is caught 

 off the Japanese and Hawaiian Islands, but has been 

 recorded from the California coast only from Santa 

 Catalina Island. 



Carl L. Hubbs, 

 Stanford University, Calif. 



POLYODON IN WESTERN MISSOURI. 



Through the kindness of Mr. G. C. Roe the 

 Museum of the University of Colorado has received 

 the head of a Spoonbill Cat, Polyodon spathula 

 (Walbaum) collected in western Missouri about 15 

 miles from the Kansas-Missouri state line. This fish 

 was hooked in Dry Wood Creek, near Nevada, Mis- 

 souri, August 10, 1916, and weighed 26 pounds when 

 taken from the water. The head measures 21 inches 

 from the tip of the gill-flap to the tip of the paddle. 

 Dry Wood Creek is one of the small head-water 

 streams of the Osage River system, and is usually 

 only a few feet wide. The Polyodon was caught 



