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For comparison, I give below measurements of all the specimens of 

 H. alicice Baird examined in connection with the present subject : 



MAJLES. 



Locality. 



<fc.£ 



18072 N.it. M. 

 323 H. W. H. 



339 H. W. H. 



340 H. W. H. 

 82512 Nat. M. 

 63064 Nat. M. 

 77170 Nat. M. 

 82519 Nat. M. 

 82.516 Nat. M. 

 25213 Nat. M. 

 70160 Nat. M. 

 81304 Nat. M. 

 81334 Nat. M. 



4708 Nat. M. 

 54308 Nat. M. 



340 E. P. B. 



541 E. P. B. 



339 E. P. B. 



691 E. P. B. 



E. P. B. 



18 E. P. B. 



697 E. P. B. 

 25 E. P. B. 



707 E. P. B. 



Gros water Bay, Labrador . 



Cambridge, Mass 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Cook County, niinoia 



Mount Carmel, 111 



Fairfax County, Virginia . 



Washington, D. C 



Saint Michaels, Alaska . . . 



do 



Kodiak, Alaska 



Vermilion River 



Yakuts, Alaska 



Riverdale, N. T 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



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4.30 

 4.20 

 3.85 

 4.20 

 4.10 

 4.00 

 4.30 

 4.10 

 4.40 

 4.25 

 4.20 

 4.20 

 4.30 

 4.25 

 4.10 

 4.20 

 4.25 

 4.35 

 4.20 

 3.85 

 4.15 

 4.00 

 4.15 

 3.95 



4.16 



3.00 

 3.20 

 3.05 

 3.15 

 3.05 

 3.00 

 3.10 

 3.00 

 3.25 

 3.20 

 2.90 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.05 

 2.85 

 3.40 

 3.15 

 3.20 

 3.25 

 3.10 

 3.20 

 3.00 

 3.10 

 3.00 



1.20 

 1.20 

 1.20 

 1.25 

 1.20 

 1.18 

 1.20 

 1.15 

 1.20 

 1.25 

 1.18 

 1.20 

 1.15 

 1.18 

 1.15 

 1.30 

 1.30 

 1.20 

 1.15 

 1.12 

 1.25 

 1.19 

 1. 22 

 1.20 



.55 

 .57 

 .^2 

 .55 

 .50 

 .58 



3.17 



1.20 



FEMALES. 



H.W.H. 



H. W. H. 



63066 Nat.M. 



H. W. H. 



H.W.H. 



82515 Nat. M. 

 59301 Nat. M. 

 71159 Nat. M. 

 55502 Nat. M. 

 22607 Nat. M. 

 43194 Nat.M. 

 43205 Nat. M. 

 19 E. P.B. 

 623 E. P. B. 



GrantvU^j, Mass. 

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Washiagton, D. C 



do 



do 



do 



Fort Sisseton, Dak 



Fort Macon, N. C 



Fort Simpson, British America . . 

 Foit Anderson, British America. 



do 



Kiverdale, N. T 



do 



Average of females , 

 Average of males . . . 



Average of both sexes . 



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3.90 

 3.75 

 4.10 

 3.90 

 4.05 

 3 90 

 3.90 

 4.10 

 4.20 

 4.05 

 3.95 

 4.05 

 4.00 

 3.95 



3.99 

 4.16 



2.85 

 2.85 

 3.10 

 2.95 

 3.00 

 2.90 

 3.00 

 2.90 

 3.20 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 2.90 

 3.05 

 2.85 



3.02 

 3.17 



3.09 



1.15 

 1.18 

 1.15 

 1.20 

 1.25 

 1.18 

 1.15 

 1.12 

 1.15 

 1.20 

 1.12 

 1.12 

 1.15 

 1.15 



1.16 

 1.20 



1.18 



.65 



.68 



.57 

 .58 

 .57 

 .58 

 .55 



Oct. 12 

 Oct. 12 

 45! I Sept. 26 

 57 j Sept. 29 

 55 I May 23 

 May 4 

 Sept. 10 

 Junell 

 Juno — 

 Oct. 18 

 Oct. 2 



.58 

 .57 



.55 

 .57 

 .50 



.55 



BEIVTIIODESITIUS, A NEW G£i\rS OF DEEP-SEA FISHES, AL.L,IED TO 



L.EPIDOPIJS. 



By O. BROll'N OOOD£ and TARLETON H. BEAN. 



The United States Fish Commission has recently received from Capt. 

 Eoderick Morrison, of the Gloucester fishing schooner Laura Nelson, 

 a remarkable fish, taken from the stomach of a halibut caught on the 

 western edge of the Grand Bank of Newfoundland in eighty fathoms 



