,1101 \\ uio- Tho bod> is oovonnl with n^thor laruo v\viv>iit 

 iK'^ uiul tho hi^ul i* almost onnn^l\- soaltHi. l>. U; A. S. 

 K^! oi^ht or nitto in u transvorso soriess. C> frt>ui lunui to tail. 

 \>lor dark jjiwn, motx^ or K^s^ niottiod un spirits brownishh 

 i^ with a doou |^iK^ loujritudiual stn^aks. rT\uularlv ar 

 vjj\hI: a darkor stri^v thri>jrh oyo; Mack bar at baso of taiU 

 licU is prt^sinit in vory \^ninji oxautplos as woU as in tlie aduU. 

 rho ejistx^ru tnud ntinuow is fointd from Now York to South 

 n^lina in vVth^ntio tn\ims. Acoortliuji to Trof. Oojv it is 

 rj- iHnumon m^ir Philadolphia, l^i^ Kay had vory small iudi- 

 luals fri>m hrt>oks woar Tsippan. Kooklaud oo. N Y Or Tho\>- 

 r<* OiU colkH^tiHl siHHntuons in tho sjh^ ot^unty it\ ISoo. 

 rho svHHHt^ 5jrt>wsi to a lonjjth of about ."i iuohos. and is woU 

 tiptod for ai^uarium lifo. but has no othor valuo oxivpt as foini 

 * larjjor tishos. Its habits ar*^ similar to thoso of tho s^voios 

 it dosorilHHl, 



rho body is stoutvr than in Vmbra limi : the hoad is 

 i^idor, U^s tiattonotl on top. with a lar^ijor oyo, siiortor snout 

 d tho pttilo nioro oimvi^x. 



riH' dogfish is a in<f!Sit i^vuliar tish. as voraoious as a piko and 

 toii^h livod as a I'^tftsh, It rtH\uin^s but little wator and 

 . :tou Iv dug from the moist mud of ditohos the >\-iiter of 

 sieh has t^vajH^rated. Xcrne may be found in a strxnim. but 

 nddk^s and musfcrat holes aloiijrsitle may be full of them. 

 >> a gxHHl doal of an air-breather, risinjr to tho snrfatv to srnlp 

 air attd thou doseeudinjr aij^iin. in tho fashion of tho paradise 

 h> lu the aquarium it is x-erv hanly and apt to annoy other 

 eeies by driving them around and atraokiujr thoir fins. When 

 jHvstHl to the air in freeing weather, it succumbs almost 

 stantly, also when put into water oontaininjr much lime: on 

 e other hand, hot weather does not .' the least troubk- it, 

 ct-pt that it g^^ts its supply of air mor^ frequently. 

 In mo\xnnent it is Terj^ erratic, now dashiuir alnnu as if mad. 

 yin standing perf^^^ly motionh^ss in the water, only moving 

 I- pet^torals and vontrals "like a dog. ruuuiug," agjiiu only 

 >ving i^evtorals and the rear part of the dorsal or the latter 



