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NATURAL HISTORY OF ARCTIC AMERICA. 



Table of Measurements Continued. 

 Genus, Gasterosteus. 



Family, MICEOSTOMID^B. 



28. Mallotus villosus (Mull.) Cuv. 



Mallotus villosus RICH., F. B. A., iLi, 1836 ; p. 187. 



Signalized from Bathurstf s Inlet. Mr. Kumlien mentions " small her- 

 ring-like fish that enter the sound in great numbers in early spring, but 

 soon leave. They are called i ice fish ? by the whalers." I suppose they 

 belong to the species named above. 



Family, SALMONID^B. 



29. Salmo salar (Linn.) Gunther. 



Salmo salar KUMLIEN, in lit. 



Mr. Kumlien writes me that this salmon was obtained in quantities in 

 the Cumberland waters, and that he recognized at least two species of 



