﻿tJie 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  Tiiited 
  States, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  iTequently 
  

   taken 
  in 
  ureat 
  quantities 
  in 
  the 
  niackeivl 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  

   Gulf 
  of 
  ]\Jai]ie, 
  as 
  Avelj 
  as 
  the 
  pcninds 
  alon/j,' 
  tlie 
  (;oast. 
  

   The 
  ,<i'eo<i"ia[)hical 
  disti-ibiition 
  of 
  tlie 
  two 
  species, 
  as 
  now 
  

   understood, 
  is 
  (piite 
  ditfeivnt. 
  Both 
  specdes 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  

   Chesa])eake 
  IJay 
  and 
  its 
  tributai'ies, 
  and 
  hotli 
  together 
  

   as 
  far 
  noi-tli 
  as 
  the 
  Hay 
  of 
  I'^'undy 
  and 
  j)erhaps 
  tlie 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Saint 
  Lawrence. 
  The 
  glut-her- 
  

   rinu'. 
  howevei-. 
  is 
  found 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  ('hesapeake, 
  even 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  Saint 
  John 
  Kiver 
  of 
  h''lori(hi, 
  wliile 
  the 
  

   brancdi-herring. 
  iinde]- 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Gaspereau, 
  occurs 
  

   the 
  entire 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Saint 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  

   throughout 
  Lake 
  Ontaiio. 
  It 
  is 
  soniewduit 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   distinguish 
  the 
  two 
  s|)ecies 
  by 
  external 
  characters, 
  the 
  

   best 
  distinction 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  lining 
  of 
  the 
  

   abdomen, 
  which 
  is 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  glut-hei'i'ing 
  and 
  gray 
  in 
  

   the 
  branch-herring. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  also 
  distiugiiished 
  

   ]ty 
  its 
  elongated 
  form, 
  lower 
  body, 
  less 
  elevated 
  fins. 
  

   smaller 
  eyes, 
  and 
  the 
  ditfei-eiit 
  piopoi-tions 
  of 
  tlie 
  bones 
  

   of 
  the 
  head. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  iutei-esting 
  in 
  this 
  connection 
  to 
  

   note 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  two 
  careful 
  observers 
  in 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts, 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  remarking 
  that 
  the 
  subject 
  is 
  

   not 
  thoroughly 
  understood, 
  and 
  tliat 
  furthei- 
  investiga- 
  

   tions 
  may 
  bring 
  to 
  light 
  still 
  other 
  species 
  related 
  to 
  

   those 
  jd 
  ready 
  descrilted. 
  

  

  Tn 
  an 
  accoimt 
  of 
  the 
  "Topography 
  and 
  llistoi'V 
  of 
  

   AVareham. 
  Mass." 
  ( 
  ro//. 
  .lA/.v.v. 
  His/, 
  ^'oc., 
  Vol. 
  IV., 
  

   187/), 
  '2d 
  serirs\ 
  pp. 
  'ilM 
  :29().) 
  is 
  the 
  following 
  account 
  of 
  

   the 
  two 
  s])e<*ies 
  of 
  alewives. 
  or 
  heii-ings, 
  whi(di 
  is 
  inter- 
  

   esting, 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  tii-st 
  i-ecorded 
  instance 
  of 
  any 
  dis- 
  

   crimination 
  between 
  them: 
  — 
  

  

  ••Of 
  the 
  alevvife 
  thei'e 
  are 
  evidently 
  two 
  kinds, 
  not 
  

   only 
  in 
  size, 
  but 
  habits, 
  which 
  annually 
  visit 
  the 
  brooks, 
  

   passing 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  at 
  Wareham. 
  The 
  larger, 
  which 
  set 
  

   in 
  some 
  days 
  earlier, 
  in\ariably 
  seek 
  the 
  WeAveantic 
  

   sources. 
  These, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  are 
  preferred 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  

   use, 
  perhaps, 
  be(^ause 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  earliest. 
  The 
  second 
  

  

  