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THE FUR SEALS OF THE PRIBILOF ISLANDS. 



dorsals and the caudal dusky and edged with white; the pectorals are uniform dusky; 

 the ventrals but slightly dusted with black; the anals have a few i)unctulations at 

 their anterior ends; the peritoneum is pale. 



Dorsal. 



Anal. 



Locality. 



Remarks. 



14 18 18 

 14 20 20 

 14 21 20 



12 18 19 



14 18 20 



15 20 19 

 14 19 20 



13 19 22 



12 18 21 



13 19 19 

 13 18 20 

 12 18 21 



22 20 



23 21 

 20 21 

 22 20 



20 21 



21 21 



22 21 

 20 23 



20 23 



21 22 



20 21 



21 22 



Grantlev Harbor 



Albatrosa collection. 



do 





do 



Petropaulski, Kamchatka 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 





We have compared the skeleton of this with the skeleton oi MicrogaHus proximus 

 (San Francisco) and find but very little difference in the skulls. There is no differ- 

 ence in the character of the neural spines of the vertebra^, but there is a difference in 

 the character of the transverse pi'ocesses. In M. proximvs they are flatfish and i^late- 

 like, while in E. navaija they are club shaped, narrow where they leave the centrum, 

 but expanding into a round, hollow bulb at the distal end. 



We obtained this fish only at Port Clarence, where it was abundant, the natives 

 catching great numbers of them with their crude hooks and lines. According to 

 Turner, " the Eskimos assert that these fish spawn in February among the pebbles at 

 the bottom of the deeper portion of the bay." 



32. Gadus macrocephalus Tilesins. 



We found this fish at Chignik Bay, where it is abundant. We preserved five 

 young specimens, whose fin rays are as follows: 



Dorsal. 



Anal. 



Locality. 



Remark."!. 



11 16 17 



12 15 18 

 12 15 17 

 12 15 17 

 12 14 16 

 15 18 17 



15 18 17 



21 19 

 21 18 

 20 18 

 20 18 

 20 17 

 20 17 



18 16 





Young. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Larjie specimen, L. S. Jr. U. 

 collection. 



Do. 





do 



do 



do 



Unalaska 



do 





33. Atheresthes stomias (.Jordan and Gilbert). 



Quite common at Chignik Bay, where we obtained a large specimen in 18 fathoms 

 of water. 



34. Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Linnans). 



Obtained one specimen at Chignik P>ay, where it is abundant. 



35. Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres). 



We found this fish quite common along sandy beaches in Chignik Bay. They 

 are in no way different from specimens of the same species from Puget Sound. 



36. Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus Pallas. 



Two specimens of this species were taken at Grautley Harbor, where it was not 

 rare. It appears to be common at Chignik Bay, where we obtained one specimen. 



