J)>t.sfiiiiiii<'rif( teres, (BrcNdost ) (Jill, l'n»c. Acad. Xat. Sc. 

 J'liilad. l.sno, ]). 21. 



JhirciKjiihi /rrcy. (ni'ard, rroc. Acad. Nat. Sc. I'liilad. 

 !S5!), page 15S, 



(Jcean coa.st of Worcester count v. Seems to ])e niicoininoii , 

 l)iit, is said to liave lieen hronodii tu I he uiai-kets of Baltimore. 



BREVOORTIA, Gill. 



B. MEXHADEX. 



The AIe-Wif(\ or Menhaden. 



J>ody elongated, t'oiiipre.ssed. Its dcptli across, at tliel)a!<e 

 of the pectorak, less than one-tii'tli tlie length of tlie fish: 

 length of the head nioi'e tluin one-third the length of it. 

 (xill covers vei\' large: eyes round and nuMlerately in size: 

 gape of moiitJ! very large. r])])ei' jiart of l)Oily gi'eenish- 

 l)ivnv!i, dariC(H' upon the Icjp of tlii' head and at the sm:)nt: 

 U[)pei- ])art of liuf sides in rlu; living iish rose-colored, and 

 mottled with Idue. wliicji disappear in death: abdomen silvei-y: 

 a l)lack spot, more or les.s distinct, n])oii the slioulders: whole 

 surface of the tisli iridescent. 



I'in-iays: - !>. Hi: 1'. i:^--l7: V. <;: A. IS— 22: C. 2u. 



a. iiK iilniihii., Afiich, Lit, i'(: Pliil. 'fraris. New ^'ork. 1. p. 

 'loo, pi. ."). jig. V. 



Alosn )NCJt/iadr/i, Storer. |[e[»oTt Fish. ?tlassach. p. IIT: He- 

 Kay, New York J^'ann., Fish. p. 25'.i, pi. 2i, tig. (iO: Ayres. 

 Bost. Joui'n. Xat. Jli,«;t. W . y. 27.V. Slnicr. AF^m. Am. Ac 



\'l. ]). :;;;t, pi. 21;, Jig. ;;. 



}lrei:o<>rli(i '■jitciilunieri , <iii!, i'roc. Ac. Nat. Sc. IMiihid. ISill, 

 p. :!7. 



Common on tlie Atlantic coast ot Worcester county ami 

 even entering Sinepuxent Bay, also in vast shoals in Chesa- 

 peake Bay, ]^articular]y about the imnilhs i.f the gi'eat rivers 



