ART. XXXIII.-REPORT ON THE COLLECTION OF FISHES MADE 

 BY DR. ELLIOTT COUES U. S. A. IN DAKOTA AND MON- 

 TANA DURING THE SEASONS OF 1873 AND 1874. 



By Dayid S. Joedan, M. D. 



[The fishes worked up by Professor Jordan in the present communication represent 

 probably about two-thirds of the collection made during my connection with the 

 United States Northern Boundary Commission, the remainder of the specimens having 

 been lost or mislaid, I am informed, however, that the series submitted to Professor 

 Jordan contains some novelties, rarities, and other specimens of sufficient interest to 

 render publication desirable. I have incorporated a few collector's field- notes with the 

 author's manuscript. The fishes taken in 1873 were secured in the waters of the Eed 

 and Mouse Rivers and some of their affluents ; those secured in 1874 are from water- 

 sheds entirely different both from the last named and from each other, being partly 

 taken from the Milk Elver and its northern tributaries, and partly from the Saint 

 Mary's River, Chief Mountain Lake, and other headwaters of the Saskatchewan. 



For articles on other portions of my collections see this Bulletin, this Vol., No. 1, pp. 

 259-292; No. 2, pp. 481-518; No. 3, pp. 545-661; No. 4, pp. 801-830.— Ed.] 



By some accident, the exact record of the localities of some of the 

 smaller fishes has been lost or confused, and some of the specimens col- 

 lected by Dr. Coues have failed to reach the writer, having probably 

 been distributed through the general collection of the National Museum. 

 I therefore add the field record of Dr. Coues, from which the general 

 field of collection can be ascertained. 



Collector^ Memorandum. 



1000. Catfish. Red River, near Pembina, Dakota. May 30, 1873. 

 1076. Pike \_Esox lucius']. Near Turtle Mountain, Dakota. Aug. 10, 1873. 

 1084. Lot of small fish. Mouse River, Dakota. Aug. 17, 1873. 

 1100. Shovel-nosed Sturgeon IScapMrhynchops^platyrJiynchua']. Fort Buford, Dakota. 

 June 12, 1874. 



1103-4-5. Cat&sh. \_Ic1itJicelurus 2>unctatus']. Big Muddy River. June 20, 1874. 

 1109-10. Lot of small fish \_lIyodon chrysopsis']. Quaking Ash River. June 26, 1874. 



1139. Sucker ICatostomus teres']. Two Forks Milk River. July 15, 1874. 



1140. Cyprinoid. Two Forks Milk River. July 15, 1874. 



1143. Snckex ICatostomus teres]. Two Forks Milk River. July 17, 1874. 



1144. Cyprinoid. Two Forks Milk River. July 17, 1874. 



1155-6. ILot ot Ush [_Pantosteus virescens]. Sweetgrass Hills. July 29,* 1874. 

 1162. Sncker ICatostomus teres]. Headwaters Milk River. Aug. 9, 1874. 

 1163-4-5. Lot of fish, three kinds. Headwaters Milk River. Aug. 9, 1874. 

 1.168. Large fish. Headwaters Milk River. Aug. 14, 1874. 

 1169-70-1-2-3. Lots of fish. Headwaters Milk River. Aug. 14, 1874. 



1174. River Trout ISalmo clarki]. Saint Mary's River. Aug. 16, 1874. 



1175. " Gristle-nosed Fish " IPolyodon folium ?]. Saint Mary's River. Aug. 16, 1874. 



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