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THE K'K A(;K in CANAIU. 



P\)SSII.S. -I'l.ATK VIII. 



'riii'i'i^ liiivo liccii ill my collct.'- 

 tiniis fur .suiiic time two spcrimcns 

 of tlifsc iimliiit'.s, wliicli appeiir lo 

 fontuin the sivflctons of Hone wpf- 

 L'iusof Vottiixttv Sciilpiii. Tlicy are, 

 liowever, imperfectly preserved, sn 

 lliiit I lia\c Ijceii miiilile to iilelitify 

 tile spi'cie.s. IJeeeiitiy, Mr. il. 

 Stewart, of Ottawa, iias kindly 

 |)la('ed ill my liaiids a, i)etter j)i-e- 

 .ser\'e(l .speeiiiieii, .sliowiiij,' more' 

 eHpeuially tiie preopermilar .spines 



and i)et'toi'al fin.s in comparatively 

 good pre.servation, and with the 

 liolp of t'.ioso I think I can identify 

 the species, notwithstanding the 

 confusion which at present seems 

 to reign as to our Nortli American 

 cottoids. 



The chartacters of the hooked 

 spines and of the pectoral fin seem 

 to identify this specimen with Cottlis 

 (Gentrodermichthys) uncinattis of 

 Gunther's IJritish Museum cata- 

 logue. This is C.uncinatusoi Rein- 



