116 NATURAL HISTORY OF ARCTIC AMERICA. 



21765. (858.) Head of Cumberland Gulf, June '29, 1878. D.41. A. 34. P. 34. C.JO. 



" Fastened to kelp in 5 fathoms." Kumlien. 



21752. (573.) Annanactook, Cumberland Gulf. 



Eeferred doubtfully to L. vulgaris. The specimen is young and in bad 

 condition. It was taken in 9 fathoms. 



Eichardson (F. B. A., iii, 1836, p. 263) mentions this species from the 

 west side of Davis Strait in lat. 70, and from Regent's Inlet. 



Professor Collett found the alimentary canal of one of his specimens 

 filled with small amphipods, one of them being Caprella septentrionalis 

 Kr., together with many individuals of Protomedeia fasciata Kr.* 



16. Liparis Pabricii Kroyer. 



Liparis Fabritii GUNTHER, P. Z. S., 1877, pp. 294, 476. 



Dr. Glinther has examined specimens collected in Discovery Bay and 

 Franklin Pierce Bay. 



Family, 



17. Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch) Storer. 



AepidopkQroides monopteryghis GIJNTH., P. Z. S., 1877, p. 295. 

 A young individual was taken in 30 fathoms, lat. 65 K, long. 53 W. 



Giinther, I. c. 



Family, COTTID^E. 



18. Cottus scorpius Linn. 



21989. (151.) 9 Niantilic Harbor, Cumberland Gulf, A. L. Kumlien. 

 . 21742. (180.) $ Niantilic Harbor, Cumberland Gulf, A. L. Kumlien. 



Mr. Kumlien collected this individual on the 25th of September, 1877, 

 at which tune its colors must have been exceedingly brilliant, judging 

 from the traces which still remain. He states in his notes, that it lives 

 a among the rocks at the bottom, feeding largely on Crustacea and mol- 

 lusks." Cottus scorpius^ and the sub-species grb'nlandicus, but especially 

 the latter, formed an important part of the food supply of the expedi- 

 tion. 



These specimens of Cottus scorpius are clearly identical with Scandi- 

 navian examples of the same species, as may be seen from the tables of 

 measurements which follow. In all the tables it must be remembered 

 that the unit of length is the total length without caiidal. So far as I 

 know, the true Cottus scorpius has not previously been found on the 

 east coast of America. A young individual, catalogue-number 10374, 

 collected at Eastport, Me., by the United States Fish Commission, may 

 be compared with one a trifle larger, catalogue-number 22060, which 



* Collett, 1. c. 



