Mil 



Fiii-j'nys:- -1). (',. II: P. IT: \'. I'J 13: A. 11: T. 19. 



(i . (iJfpii/oid (riieiitlier III }>. ST). 



Goliiiis (i/ei/i)/ :'■■<., ^c]\. IK r)47; l)eKay,New York. 

 .Fauna, Fisli. p. Kill, pi. lio tig. 70. 



— ()oscii , Lace}i. T p. ,"),"),"), ]>!, 1(» iig. 1. 



— ciriilipallidus, Mitcli. Trans. Lit. A- i'liil. Soc. New 

 York. I ].. nrO, ])1. 1 lig 8. 



(Tolt'iosotiKi (drj>i'lnl Hill . (Jirai'd. I'l'oc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 

 ^858. p. 169. 



ill the watei'.s ot' ^Vol•ce.stel• (•(Miiily. along \\\v shores uf 

 iSine])uxent Ihiy. Prohahly Kcarce. 



XIX.— TRIGTJD.E. 



DACTYLOPTERrS. Lacrp. 



J). Vdl.lTAXS. 



The Sea-Swallow. 



P)Oily cylindrical, ta])ering towards tlic tail. Head loui- 

 sided, hroailer tlian high, descending nearly vertically in 

 I'lont. ImkIv covered v.ith I'ough, solid scales, with a |)ron)i- 

 neiit crest on eaeli. The pectoral tins consist of two jxji'tions, 

 of v>'hich {\\v posterior one is tin- largest, lorming wings.— 

 Fiiglit hrown ahovc, (hirker on tlie summit of the head, with 

 irregular darlcer sj)ots. Sides silvery, with tiesli cohir pre- 

 ihmiinating hinieatii. Dorsals giay. with hrown spots on the 

 mcml)iane of the Urst. The jiostericu- pectorals hlackish, with 

 hlnish N[iot'>: the anterior da-rk hrown, varied Avith hiack. 

 Ventrals and ;inal tins tlesh eoloi-ed. Caudal fin lisrht hrown, 

 with in'cgnlar lin.iwnisli l)ands. 



Pin-rays: — I >. 2. -P 1. S: P. (h 3(): V. 1. 4: A. (J: C. 1(1^ 



D. voUhfii-s (.iuciithei-, I p. '12]. 



TrKjla roli/cH'S. L. (im. p. loPl: lU. Ta(". i}.") I . 



DajAijIoplcrn-s /)ii'd/)c'/('' , Laeep. Ill p. ;{2fi. 



ruHhnis, (uw cV- \'al. I \' . p. 117: Delvay, New \'(iik 

 Fauna, Fish., p. P,i, pi. 17 tig. P;. 



l*olijiu:nias ■•ic.xra'l.iah'.s, Mitch. Trans. Tut. & Phil. S(»c. 



