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below, coveriug the chest aud extendiug iu a median line to veutral. On each side of this median 

 line and extending to the olivo of sides is a large patch of golden orange, which is very bright 

 in life. The lower surface of caudal peduncle is crossed by 4 or 5 white bars, or rather irregular 

 blotches. The uuder surface of head is white, variegated with small dots aud spots of dark-brown, 

 which extend to the white of chest. One spot covers the isthmus, and there is one in front of base 

 of each ventral. The branchials are covered with these dark punctulations. The pectorals are 

 purplish-brown, with irregular bars of very pale golden or greenish yellow. The ventrals are of a 

 fleshy tint with several satiuy white spots. The anal is olive-brown, fleshy-shaded toward base, 

 and crossed by a row of golden spots aloug tips of membrane, arid a goldeu-yellow bar from 

 anterior ray, nearly to last, through the middle. The last ray aud membrane white at tip aud 

 base aud yellow between. 



Tail very dark brown with a slight golden tiut, with a row of transparent spots across middle 

 aud a few near base. 



First doi'sal very dark browu, with two raediau, trausparent spots aud the last two membraues 

 dull golden, dark spotted. Second dorsal dark-brownish, with a few small golden spots scattered 

 irregularly over the surface. 



32928. (29.) Saint Michaels, July 24, 1877. 



Along each side of the abdomen is a band of bright goldeu, with a pale yellowish tiut. The 

 colors are all bright. 



32929. (60.) Saint Michaels, summer, 1877. 

 3293C. (79.) Saint Michaels, summer, 1877. 

 32937. (45.) Saint Michaels, November 7, 1877. 



Mottled Sculpin. — Length S inches. Norton Sound. Entire dorsal surface of head and body 

 presenting a grayish color, caused by a marbliug formed of fine or minute wliitish spots aud retic- 

 ulating lines, which are scattered profusely over the dull olive-brown on the head, and olive- 

 grayish or leaden on the back aud surface of caudal peduncle. Lower surface of head very pale 

 yellow, tinted with numerous faint aud minute iiuuctulatious of dark. Chest aud throat colorless, 

 sending an arm of white upward and slightly inclined backward behiud the pectorals. In some 

 cases this arm is divided about midway in its length, forming an elongated spot in place of its ux^per 

 half. Behiud these spots or arms of white on the sides and under surface of abdomen are other 

 large irregular spots, sometimes uniting aud varying much in size and shape, but always well 

 marked aud usually 3 or 4 on each side, the last two extending upward from near the vent or just 

 anteriorly to it. Obliquely above aud behind the vent on caudal peduncle are a few small and. 

 irregularly placed white spots. 



3294'. (120.) Saint Michaels, May 2, X87&. 

 The pattern of fin and side coloration varies considerably in shade and outline. The pinkish 

 on tail is absent on this specimeu, but the anterior 5 or G long rays of second dorsal have the outer 

 two-thirds deep crimson red. 



COTTUS QUADRicoKNis Linu. Foiu'-.spined Sculpiu. (Plate XVI 1, Fig. 2.) 



32962. (259.) Saint Michaels, April 26, 1880. 



32964. (269.) Saint Michaels, July, 1830. 



32965. (258.) Saint Michaels, April 26, 1880. 



Sculpi/1 found over clay beds in bottom of the canal iu about 1 fathom of water. Uniform 

 dull olive-green on entire upper surface, which has a slight mottled appearance. Dorsal and 

 caudal fins irregularly mottled with dark on the translucent membrane, though the first dorsal 

 is uniformly colorless, except shading near base. Miugliug with the dark mottliug on second 

 dorsal aud tail is an irreguhir raotthng in less abundance of dull pale gamboge-yellowish the 

 latter color most marked on the rays. Ventral surface dull livid white, rcf.torals crossed with 

 5 irregular vertical zones of blackish, becoming regularly narrower from the broad margiual baud 

 to the line like basal one. These zones are separated by narrow bars of gamboge-yellowish, rather 

 dull on upper border and brightening to a bright yellow, entirely occupyiug the i inferior rays and 

 lower edge of fin. Veutrals colorless. Anal has a pale dull and very irregular mottling of 

 brownish and yellowish. 



