159 



ji;ieHlest breadth just in fruiit of tlie dursal liu aiul which is 

 about e(jual to one aiul a-half lengtlis of liead; head contained 

 about six times iu the lengtli to tip uf tail-tin; cau<hil lin 

 dee])iy emarginated. Oolor of back steel-bluish, or greenish; 

 the head above and tip of lower jaw of the sauie color; sides 

 and 1)elly silvery, the ibrnier with from four to six duslcy 

 lines. 



Fin-rays: -1). I. \:i: V. 1. 1. V. 1. 8; A. 18; C. 21. 



r. j>scudo/un'Ciu/"y, Wilson, in I'ees' New Cyclopaedia, 1st 

 Amer, Ed. IX, Art. CIiijko. 



Alosa. ///rdiito'.^^ DeKay, New York Fauna., }>. 258_, [)1. K!, 

 tig. 08. 



This is the '^Glut Herring'' of the Potomac liiver, so called 

 from the vast skoals wliich ci-owd that river during the 

 spawning season, in May. 



It dei)0sits its eggs on the bottom of the river, seeking 

 localities, Avliere the -»vater is l'resh,and appai'ently preferring 

 tlic hard beds where tliO iii//ytop//i/llniit grows, and no doubt 

 where the water is vv^ell a-rated. A form which we can hardly 

 regard as a distinct species, deposits its eggs in the small 

 l)ranclies in the same region, and thence takes the naiue of 

 ''Branch Herring." 



At tin: mouth of the Sus(|uehaiina Hiver, and at Chesa- 

 peake City on the ]']ik Kiver, as well as in the Chester Kiver 

 it gives rise to im})ortaiit lisli(U'ies, wdiich were foriiierly a 

 irreat source o\' ic venue to the inhabitants. The "Marvland 

 Red Herring ' was once a well known and highly esteemed 

 Aiticle luM'e and in many of tlie States north of M;tryland. but 

 tiiisi iusiituti(Mi has died oul by I'cason oi' the changes, u-hirli 

 have taken place in the haJ)its ol'oiir j)eoj)ie. 



ACAO. Coi.i,. S. 1. 



POMOLOIUS, (Kaf. ) (lill. 



1*. .MKDfUi.KIS. 



The Autuitinal Herring", or Tuiior vSIiad. 



Body elongated, comjiressed. Head <([Ual in lenglh ti) 

 ."Jiout oiic-fiitb tin: entire hsli: the lower jaw is tJie lon"'er; 



