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that the coloration of the present specimen is not abnormal. 1 

 In this regard, we can, however, derive no light from Girard's 

 description published (1854) in the Chilean expedition report, 

 for he states that his material of Bdellostoma was too poorly 

 preserved to warrant any reference to coloration. 



In the matter, accordingly, of the general color of hag-rishes, 

 we can now, I think, reasonably conclude that if one species is 

 provided with definite colors the entire group can hardly be 



still another ground for the belief— by analogy with other 



