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Its movements being like those attributed to evil spirits, probably 

 suggested the name by which it is known. 



Dr. Bryant (Proc. Boston Soc. of X. H. v. 7, p. 132) gives the fol- 

 lowing account of Puffinus obscurus : — "The nest is always placed in a 

 hole or under a projecting portion of the rock, seldom more than a foot 

 from the surface, and never, as far as my experience goes, out of reach 

 of the hand. On being caught they make no noise, and do not resist at 

 all. Why these birds and the Stormy Petrels never enter or leave their 

 holes in the daytime, is one of the mysteries of nature; both of them 

 feeding and flying all day, yet never seen in the vicinity of their breed- 

 ing places before dark.' 7 



IVOTES OIV A COIiJiECTION OF FISHES FROM CLACKAMAS 

 KIVEB. OREGON. 



By DAVID S. JORDAN, ME. D. 



The United States National Museum has lately received from Mr. 

 Livingston Stone a small collection of fishes obtained by him from the 

 Clackamas Eiver, a tributary of the Columbia in Oregon. The collec- 

 tion comprises only six species, but each species (excepting Salmo tsup- 

 pitch) is represented by several specimens, all in excellent condition ; 

 and it so happens that each one of these is a species of special scientific 

 interest, and one concerning which our knowledge has for one reason or 

 another been incomplete. Four of these species were first described by 

 Kichardson (Fauna Boreali-Americana, 1836), viz, Oncorhynchus quinnat, 

 Salmo tsuppitch, Salmo clarM, and Gila oregonensis; another, Acrochilus 

 alutaceus, was first made known by Professor Agassiz (Am. Journ. Sci. 

 and Arts, 1855) ; and the last, Salvelinus spectabilh, by Dr. Girard in 1856. 



i. ONCORHYNCHUS QUINNAT (Richardson) Gunther. 



California Salmon. Columbia Salmon. Quinnat Salmon. 



1836 — Salmo quinnat Kichardson, Fauna Bor.-Am. iii, p. 219, (described from notes by 

 Dr. Gairdner). 



Salmo quinnat DeKay, Fauna New York, Fishes, p. 242, 1842, (copied). 

 Salmo quinnat Storer, Synopsis Fish. N. A. p. 196, 1846, (copied). 

 Salmo quinnat Herbert, Frank Forrester's Fish and Fishing, Supplement, p. 31, 

 1850. 



Salmo quinnat Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phila. viii, p. 217, 1856. 

 Salmo quinnat Girard, Pac. R. R. Rep. Fishes, p. 306, pi. 67, 1858. 

 Salmo quinnat Suckley, Nat. Hist. Wash. Terr. p. 321, 1860. 

 Oncorhynchus quinnat Gunther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. vi, p. 158, 1866, (compiled). 

 Salmo quinnat Suckley, Monograph Genus Salmo, Kept. U.S. Fish. Comm. p. 

 105, 1874. 



Salmo quinnat Nelson, Bull. Ills. Mus. Nat. Hist, i, p. 43, 1876, (Illinois River). 

 Salmo quinnat H alloc k, Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 359, 1877. 

 Oncorhynchus quinnat Jordan, Man. Vert. ed. 2d, p. 357, 1878. 

 Oncorhynchus quinnat J ordan, Catalogue Fresh-water Fishes N. A. p. 431, 1878. 

 Salmo quinnat, U. S. Fish Comm. Repts., and of writers on Salmon and fish cul- 

 ture generally. 



