ventral sides of the body almost as far as the posterior insertions of the fiers. The back along the line of transverse, is clear light gray rather thinly marked with dark gray or roeering spots. [illegible] The body from the first mist of fins forward both alveet seem but also the head its light gray. a line of small dark gray spots dashes extends forward from the line of trans verse processes to the eye and past mist, of rectarap. On the light gray of its throat are a few & rather large irregular patches of dark gray a few very fine ones of very light gray almost flush color. On right side just behind tip of pectoral last rock is a white circular spot about 1/2" in diameter. Also there is a smaller spot just above just above post, mist. of fin. Feathers Plain dark gray along with lighter post, & mist, edget, Fin is lanceolate & not like common's figure but the tip is blunt. Flukes Feet have dark gray and frost, margins & rather coarse whitish line (when) running across flukes