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Color of the above when fresh, brownish on back, in some hghts 

 of ecru-drab tint, in other more oHve, and most all overshot with 

 bright silvery or metallic reflections. Margin of each scale till 

 about level with eye more or less distinctly olivaceous, made up 

 of fine or minute dusky dots which become more sparse and paler 

 or with a nearly faded appearance as they approach the lower 

 costal region. In fact they do not descend below the origin of 



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Shad. Alosa sapidissinia (Wilson). 

 (Upper figure male, lower female.) 



the pectoral. In some lights back is overshot with beautiful 

 brassy, blue and golden reflections, and in others they incline to 

 delicate purple. This is especially noticeable on cheek and region 

 of peritoneum. Head beautiful olivaceous above tinted with 

 golden, this latter shade extending down on opercles. Jaws and 

 adipose eyelid pale translucent brownish. After death sides of 



