. American game in its seasons [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. ami-:rican game. limb rising vertically forms a right-angle with the lower one; and its edge U armed witli small spinous teeth, those on the lower limb being directed forward. Tlie . bony oi)erculum terminates in a narrow sub-spinous point, beneath which there are three denticulations, with grooves running backward from them. An acute- pointed membranous flap prolonged from the margin of the suboperculum conceals these parts iu the recent fish. The edge of the interoperculum and posterior part of the subo
. American game in its seasons [microform]. Game and game-birds; Hunting; Gibier; Chasse. ami-:rican game. limb rising vertically forms a right-angle with the lower one; and its edge U armed witli small spinous teeth, those on the lower limb being directed forward. Tlie . bony oi)erculum terminates in a narrow sub-spinous point, beneath which there are three denticulations, with grooves running backward from them. An acute- pointed membranous flap prolonged from the margin of the suboperculum conceals these parts iu the recent fish. The edge of the interoperculum and posterior part of the suboperculum are minutely denticulated. Tlie edges of the humeral bones are slightly grooved and denticulated, the denticulations being more obvious in some individu- als than in others. Scales.—There are sixty scales on the lateral line, and twenty-two in a vertical row between the first dorsal and centre of the belly. Tlie scales are rather small, their bases truncated and furrowed to near the middle {stnees en eventail) by six grooves corresponding to eight minute lobes of the margin. A narrow border of the outer rounded edge is very miniUely streaked, producing teeth on the margin, visible under a lens. The length and breadth of a scale, taken from the side, are about equal, being two and a half lines. A linear inch measured on . the sides or belly, longitudinally, contains twelve scales, the scales on the belly having, however, less vertical breadth. On the back an inch includes seventeen or e'ghteen. The asperity of the scales is perceptible to the finger, when it is drawn over them from the tail 12* I. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : C. Scribner
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