Ill 



whiaiiii'd ijii [\\v hay sidn uf St, Mary's comity in A»;j,'ii8i. 

 ItswijiiH ill slioiils, aiiu setuus to Le cominou in thai rr'i^'icii, 

 Acad. Cot,l, 



SCOMEi3ilK80X, liHcep. 

 The Northern BiU-Fisli. 



i'xjily chjiigatetl, CDUij.'Vt's.sed, j^-radiially lesseuiiiL;' iu depth 

 back of tlic aiuw. Head, includini; the jaws, cjual to uiie- 

 t'ourth tliu leu,i;tli of body: i;"ill-oovers large, .smootli; the 

 lower jaw tiic longer, ytructiire of jaws as in tlie (hif-F'h'iJi, 

 Belly v/itli a kecl-likc edge. The posterior portions of the 

 dorsal an^l anal fins are divided,, foi'iniug iirjlcts, as in the 

 Macl'erel. L'^'roni the lower edge of the upercle, extending to 

 the fonrtli anal linlet, forming the lateral boundaries of tlie 

 abdomen, are two yellowisli lines, fornjed by a continued 

 series of scales. ]5ack olive-greGn; beneath it a strongly- 

 marked silvery band, half an inch Avide, divided in its centre 

 by a narrow line of the same color as tlie back; abdomen and 

 gill-covers satiny. Dorsal fin and its finlets green isli: a 

 dark green spot at base of the pecorals, above. 



Fm-rays:— U. Id. V or VI: V. 14: V. 0: A. 12. V or VI: 

 C. ::!i». 



*S'. .scNtrlliifuiii, Jiesueiir. ,Joniii. Ae;id. Nat. Sc. Phibid. II, 

 1821, p. lo2. 



— .sviftdkdiis, Cnv. I'v" Val. XVI 11, p. 477. 



3[et with, l)iit only very ]-;trely. near the cntrtinceto Ulicsa- 

 peake Bay. 



XJ.lII.~-ES()(;iD.E. 



I'ISUX, (Artedi) Cnv. 

 1 . Iv rMBi'vo.^r,--. 



Body somewhat eyliudrical: the outline of the back nntder 

 atelv straight. Head contained four times in the total lengtii. 



