1S9 



l»piiea!li whiliNh, willi rciMish lints. i;(;ii<4ili I.') i'.' iiidirs; 

 widlli 7 to H) inclu-^N. 



/('. <'(il<iiilcri<i. Ijacc']!. ll. \\\K io:;. lir.i, (al>. l,ii,LC. -: licsu- 

 »_'Ui', .louni. Ac. Nat. -Sc. INiilad. \\\ |). lo:;, pi. (r. Storer, 

 McHi. xViii. Ac. 1 1, ]). r» VI. 



llather uucDiiimon, iiiostly taken in spring-, ;ui(l 'iccasinu- 

 ally catcM. ]>ut imt prizcil as an ju'iirlc of luoil. lu'lniii^-'^ (m 

 the ocean and ai'onnd r!n* nioiitli o[' ( 'he.sapeakc I'.ay, 



■J. ]i. KKLVACKIS. 



The Sumiiiei' Skate. 



l''oi'ni rouiided. Snont i»oiiitr(l. ][ea<l s.tiiic\\l!at distinct 

 tVoni liody, witli ronrideil cheeks, u[)oii wlii(di ai'f [irickle.s: 

 e^'f^i hir^'c, Mb!i(jnc. ^Surface smooth, wiih sc\'ei'al i;rou]is of 

 prickles ai'rangcd in l■c^■uhll■ sc-ics. ^\ trianguhir ^jrouj* of 

 [)rickle.s on t!u' l-ack: twc. rows cacii ot' ahout twenty erectile 

 ones, on the ])eeti)ral Hns: ii tLmuh' (hu'sal series, extend in.i;' 

 ah.nyLi,' tiie wlnde h?nt;th of the tail, when- tliey are stout and 

 .stitt". Beneath smooth. Two trian^mlar dorsal iins m^Av ex- 

 treniitj ol' tail. I'ectoiads l>ro;id and rounded: ventruls two- 

 lobed, deeply emaru,in;iredi. Tail nine inches long, smooth 

 on all sides, except tiiu double lines dt' spines descidbed. .Male 

 a[)penda,t2;es cylindrical. Length 17 inches. Pale hi-own 

 ahijve. with nuinerous dark brown spots: paler beneath. 



//. crindctny. iMitcli. in Sillim. dtmrn. IS^o, IX, [i. 'I'M), 

 pi. ('), (Copied 1)y l)(d\ay. N'ew \'oilc Faujia, Fishes, p. '.ll-J., 

 pi. 7S. ti;4-. '1-W): S,[oi-er, Mem. Am. Acad. 11, p. .Ml. 



I^iund on th.c oci^an coast of \\h)!-eestei' countv. 



;'). II. i.,r;vi,-. 



Tlie Siiiootii Sktite. or llarn-r)v)()i' Skate. 



Foi'm rhonihoidal. Small .-pines occ the oi'lhts, and a.n 

 tei'ioi' maru'ius ol' prctora.l iins: I'esi of liody smooth. Three 

 rows of spines mi la'l. Snoui blnntrd. Lenuthof hea.d to 

 entii'o h'.ii^lli nearly oni'' to !onr. In the/z/e'/r, the u ndei' sur- 

 face of the snout ami i.Nteinn- oi the nostrils to the anede 



