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  Had 
  Mr. 
  Yarrel 
  boen 
  describing 
  the 
  differences 
  between 
  the 
  

   New 
  England 
  and 
  the 
  Rarltai 
  Smelt, 
  he 
  could 
  hardly 
  have 
  

   expressed 
  them 
  more 
  accurately. 
  In 
  Volume 
  Vf, 
  Memoirs 
  

   of 
  same 
  Society, 
  p. 
  327, 
  Mr. 
  Storer 
  adds 
  these 
  remarks 
  : 
  

   '' 
  The 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  beneath 
  the 
  Literal 
  line, 
  

   presents 
  the 
  appearance 
  of 
  a 
  satin 
  band 
  the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  

   the 
  body 
  ; 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  this 
  band 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  violet 
  

   tint. 
  Tiie 
  fin 
  rays 
  are 
  D. 
  11 
  ; 
  P. 
  14 
  ; 
  V. 
  9 
  ; 
  A. 
  15 
  ; 
  C. 
  10." 
  

  

  The 
  italics 
  above 
  are 
  mine. 
  

  

  In 
  1818 
  M. 
  A. 
  Valenciennes, 
  in 
  Histoire 
  Naturelle 
  Des 
  

   Poissons, 
  Par 
  Cuvier 
  et 
  Valenciennes, 
  Paris, 
  1848, 
  admits 
  

   the 
  new 
  species 
  as 
  the 
  Eperlan 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  0. 
  viridescens. 
  

   Lesueiir. 
  He 
  gives 
  the 
  rays 
  as 
  follows 
  ; 
  D. 
  1 
  1 
  ; 
  x\.. 
  IG 
  ; 
  P. 
  

   12 
  ; 
  V. 
  8. 
  He 
  says, 
  page 
  283, 
  vol. 
  XXE,* 
  after 
  giving 
  the 
  

   characters 
  which 
  distinguish 
  the 
  two 
  species, 
  which 
  differ- 
  

   ences 
  are 
  nearly 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Yarrel, 
  alrearly 
  cited, 
  " 
  Wc 
  

   have 
  received 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   from 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  market, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  M. 
  

   Milbert. 
  Mitchill 
  has 
  considered 
  it 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  Eper- 
  

   lan 
  of 
  Europe, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  SaJnio 
  epsiianus, 
  or 
  Smelt; 
  

   but 
  one 
  would 
  imagine 
  that 
  M. 
  Lesueur, 
  born 
  at 
  Plavro, 
  an 
  ! 
  

   consequently 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Seine, 
  might 
  have 
  easily 
  

   distinguislied 
  at 
  the 
  first 
  glance 
  a 
  fish 
  which 
  he 
  ha 
  1 
  known 
  

   from 
  childhood. 
  The 
  green 
  and 
  olive 
  color 
  of 
  tliis 
  species 
  

   struck 
  this 
  naturalist, 
  Avho 
  described 
  it 
  in 
  tlie 
  Jour, 
  of 
  the 
  

   Acad, 
  of 
  Nat. 
  Sei. 
  of 
  Phil, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  0. 
  viri- 
  

   desczns." 
  In 
  Jan 
  , 
  1861, 
  in 
  a 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eastern 
  Coast 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  published 
  as 
  an 
  Appendix 
  

  

  *Xous 
  ea 
  avoQ3 
  re(;u 
  uu 
  grand 
  uombre 
  cVexemplu'rc'S 
  da 
  mn.rche 
  de 
  New 
  

   York, 
  par 
  les 
  solas 
  de 
  M. 
  Milbert. 
  

  

  Mitchill 
  I'a 
  coafoadue 
  avec 
  I'EperlaM 
  d'Eiirope 
  sous 
  le 
  moiu 
  de 
  Sal/n,') 
  epcr- 
  

   Unas 
  ou 
  de 
  Smelt; 
  mais 
  on 
  conroit 
  que 
  M. 
  Lesueur, 
  u.' 
  au 
  ll.ivre, 
  par 
  cou- 
  

   sjquent 
  a 
  Te-Jiboachurc 
  de 
  la 
  Seine, 
  ait 
  facileneut 
  distingae 
  fl 
  la 
  premiere 
  vue, 
  

   ua 
  pjisson 
  qu'il 
  counaissait 
  depuis 
  Venfance. 
  La 
  ouleur 
  verte 
  ct 
  olivatre 
  

   de 
  cette 
  espece 
  a 
  frappe 
  ce 
  naturaliste, 
  qui 
  I'a 
  decrite 
  dans 
  le 
  Journal 
  da 
  

   I'Acadeiuie 
  des 
  Sciences 
  de 
  Phil., 
  sjus 
  le 
  nam 
  d'Ovmrm 
  viridescens. 
  

  

  