I III; 



( 'oftiis t(ni</i(iiins, Peiiii. Ai'c't. Zitdl. Ill, |i. ;;7l. 



— //■i/)f(/-//i/i'iis, i)l. Scliji.. •[). •;:',. 



— ■ hispiihis, 1-1. Sc'liii., ji. (■.;'). |)1. I;!. 



hiroi-junni flnc<t. M\\q\\. 'Vvnw^. Lit. .^- Pliil. S(.c. Nrw V..rk. 

 i. |). :;s:^. 1)1. -1^ H-. S. 



--- parpurcd d rn/'n^ 3l!tc]i. Ainci-. .Mi»iitli. 3I;l;j,., 11, j>. 2-1."). 



Hc/nifri/)/('i'>'s (iiiK rii-(iniis, (\\\. cV.' \'al., V\\ \). 2(iS. pi. S-1 : 

 Storer, Kcp. Mass.. }i. l':!: ]);'Kay. New ^'oi'k Faun., lisli. ]). 

 r>(;. ])1. n, ti-. IC.-. Cuv. [(..-nc Anim. 111. Piiiss.. pi. lii>, li--. 

 !: (aiciillicr. IK ].. 14'!. 



This s|icfii-s !ia< occurrtHl a few tiiiitrs in the seines liauleil 

 near tlie cutranee to Chesapeake liav and on tlie sea eoast: hnt 

 it must he in >j;enei'al rare in Maryland. lth(doni;'s more pur- 

 ticnhirlv to the coast of New En"laad. 



XXll.— JA1UM])3:. 



TAUTOriA, 311 tell. 



'i'. oNlTlS. 



The Black-Fisli, or New York Taiitog. 



Jjody i'hini;;ite, eompressed. and hii;liest just ahove the dor- 

 sal hn: locales small, adherent: vei'v .small on the top c)f the 

 head; li[is tiiiek and very iieshy. The color is reniakahly 

 \'arieil. hut i^-enerally Idaek, decji hlaelc or hliiish-hlaek: i'lc- 

 ipiently pale hluish , with irrft-LCuhir hands of a. dee])er ii nc: lip.^:, 

 lower jaw and ahtlomen li^diter, sjirinkh'd with hhiek jtoints. 



riu-rays: — 1>. 17. Hi; V. 17: A'. I. :.: A. :;, S: ('. 14|. 

 T. niiiltK. (Jnenther. Ml. p. SS. 



Ldhrins unli'is, L. Sysi. Nat. 1. ]>. 47S: haei-p. 111. ]>. .^0 1. 

 -- (iii/cricnnvs. Stoi'er. ^yn.. [>. l:')^. 

 7\iti''></(i jn'^//-(i , Mltrh. iieport I'hsli, New ^^ll■k. iSlt. p. 



Lnhr/is /(iii/(i(/n, .Mitcli. in i.ii. A' IMiil, Ti'aiis. Xe^v \'iirk. I 



p. ;iii8, pi. ;i. fi--. I. 



