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[4] Along with the first species of Scomber, there occurred in shoals a small species of 

 Clupea, L., ' without teeth ; with the dorsal fin a little before the ventral ; and with the back 

 dark greenish blue, and having one line and part of another of rounded black spots on 

 each side nearly on a level with the eye: the gill membranes contain six rays, and overlap 

 each other at their lower part ; the stomach resembles that of the first Scomber ; it has also 

 numerous caeca; the air-bladder is small and tapering.' O. The other fishes observed at 

 Monterey were [5] a new species of Cliimcera, Cuv., diifering essentially from the Chimtera 

 of the Atlantic, and approaching somewhat in the position of its second dorsal fin to the 

 Callorhynchus, Cuv. ; [6] a species of Torpedo, Dum.; and [7] a Raia " (pp. 54-55).] 



1839 Narrative of a Journey across the Kocky Mountains, to the Columbia Eiver, 

 and a Visit to the Sandwich Mauds, Chili, &c. With a Scientific Appendix. 

 By John K. Townsend, Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. Philadelphia : Henry Perkins, 134 Chestnut street. Boston : 

 Perkins & Marvin. 1839. [8, 352 pp.] 



[A few incidental popular notices of salmon and trout are given.] 



[Reprinted in England under the following title : ] 



Sporting Excursions in the Eocky Mountains, including a Journey to the 

 Columbia Eiver, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chili, &c. By J. K. 

 Towshend [sic/], Esq. In two volumes. Vol. I [ II]. London: Henry 

 Colburn, Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1840. [8. Vol. i, xii [-fi], 

 312 pp., 1 pi. ; vol. ii, xii, 310 pp., 1 pi.] 



[In vol. i, chap. 7, are given details respecting salmon and the mode of catching them, 

 and the frontispiece illustrates a native woman "spearing the salmon ".] 



184O Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, par M. le B on Cuvier, . . . ; et par M. Valen- 

 ciennes, . . . Tome quinzieme. A Paris, chez Ch. Pitois, e"diteur, . . . , 

 1840. [8 ed. xxxi, 540 pp., 11.; 4 ed. xxiv, 397 pp. pi. 421-455.] 



Suite du livre dix-septieme. Siluroides. 



[So west-coast species noticed.] 



Narrative of a whaling voyage round the globe, from the year 1833 to 1836, 

 comprising sketches of Polynesia, California, the Indian Archipelago, etc. 

 with an account of Southern Whales, the Sperm Whale Fishery, aud the 

 Natural History of the climates visited. By Frederick Debell Bennett, 

 Esq., F. E. G. S., Fellow of the Eoyal College of Surgeons, London. In 

 two volumes. Vol. I [ II]. London : Eichard Bentley, New Burling- 

 ton street, publisher in ordinary to her Majesty. 1840. [8, vol. i, xv, 402 

 pp., 1 pi., 1 map ; rol. ii, vii, 396 pp., 1 pi.] 



1842 Histoire Naturelle des Poissons, par M.le B 011 Cuvier, . . . , et par M. Valen- 

 ciennes, .... Tome seizieme. A Paris, chez P. Bertrand, . . . , 1842. 

 [8 ed. xx, 472 pp., 1 1. ; 4 ed. xviii, 363 pp., 1 L pi. 456-487.] 

 Livre dix-huitieme. Cyprinoides. 



Zoology of New-York, or the New- York Fauna; comprising detailed descrip- 

 tions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New- York, 

 with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders, and accom- 

 panied by appropriate illustrations. By James E. DeKay. Part IV. 

 Fishes. Albany : Printed by W. & A. White and I. Visscher. 1842. [4, 

 xiv [1, errata], 415 pp.; atlas, 1 p. 1., 79 pi.] 



[The letterpress of the Reptiles and Fishes, each separately paged, forms one volume, 

 and the plates, each separately numbered, another. Eight of the north west -coast Italaeo- 

 pterygian species (Abramis balteatus, Leudscus caurinus, Leuciscus oreyonensis, Salmo 

 quinnat, Salmo Gairdnerii, Salmo Scouleri, Salmo tsuppitch, and Salmo nitidus) and the 

 Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanun) enumerated by Richardson (1836) are briefly indicated 

 as "oxtra-limital".] 



