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and was 9 feet long. Was told of one caught here that weighed GOO 

 pounds. 



No. 274. Herring. Sacramento Eiver, Eio Vista, February 2G, 1873. 



No. 275. Lobster, (local name.) Sacramento river, Eio Vista, Califor- 

 nia, February 26, 1873. 



No. 1G8. Small fish. Cold Creek, Lake County, California, February, 

 1873. 



No. 1G9. Small fish. Cold Creek, Lake County, California, February, 

 1873. 



No. 170. Two specimens from Chinese fish-market at San Francisco^ 

 February, 1873. 



No. 171. Heads of male salmon ; two specimens. Point Arena, Cali- 

 fornia, December 1872. 



No. 172. Yellow rock-fish. Bay of San Francisco, November 22, 1872. 



No. 173. Small Miir aena. (See No. 158.) Farallone Islands, March 

 12, 1873. 



No. 171. Eed-headed woodpecker. McCloud Eiver, California, No- 

 vember 1873. 



No. 175. Blue-jay. McCloud Eiver, November, 1873. 



No. 17G. Salmon-spawn, showing stage of development. Eio Vista, 

 February 26, 1873. 



No. 177. Salmon-spawn. Sacramento Eiver, near Eio Vista, March 

 10, 1873. 



No. 178. One bottle containing seven small fish, from Clear Lake, 

 Lake County, California, February, 1873. 



No. 179. Salmon-spawn. Near Eio Vista, December, 1873. 



No. 180. Salmon-spawn. Near Eio Vista, January 25, 1873. 



No. 181. Spawn of lake-trout. Clear Lake, February, 1873. 



No. 182. Young trout. Spawned and bred artificially from parents 

 caught in the San Andreas reservoir, near San Francisco. (See No. 8 of 

 first catalogue.) Three specimens. 



No. 183. Small water-dogs. McCloud Eiver, California, November, 

 1872. The bottle also contains two 1000-legged worms, and an unknown 

 insect. 



No. 181. Supposed to be the " steamboat-bug." Sereuo Lake, Sierra 

 Nevada Mountains, California, altitude 7,000 feet, November 9, 1872. 

 This insect was found swimming in the water, under ice an inch thick or 

 more. It seemed, says Mr. Eedding, to gather water within its body by 

 some process, and to propel itself along by ejecting it again from behind. 

 It was observed some time in order that the pumping process of the in-, 

 sect might be well ascertained. Contributed by Hon. B. B. Eedding. 



No. 185. Twig of pepper-tree. See No. 119. Clear Lake, Lake County, 

 California, February, 1873. 



