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<br />This illt,'r.."tillg darter W:\8 descri\...,l ur Dr. ~leek from :2 specimeos oht'1inoo by him hi''','' ,'l
<br />,'"I' "l.ri"-'! \\1";\o.h u!l th... n. S. Fish COllllllissi.H! .grollU!!s at ~e"sbo. aUll was named for ~r. '.
<br />\V. F. I'a!!e. "II p..rill teu.lt'1l t or tllc Go\'(~rT1:ll<'lI t ti...l.1.lw t diery at. that plal">' The origin&!
<br />.l....,...iprioll is ;" 1',,11 ow, : H..,:"l. :,\ iu leo!!til ,,1' ho.ty: tlqltL. -t to -t!: .'.YP,:3-! ill head ; 8~lOUt. 3;;
<br />dllr..;,lllill \\"ith~-'orl0S11il1(':;alHJ I:! or 1:, l"c.ft ra\f:O; a1i:d ~pilH~S_:!; :-;oftr:ly~.7; sealeR.8-;~to
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<br />,,,,,,,ill:1ry fl'ach:u!! '",rtipal 1'1'oIllIHll,il: i'rellla~illaril'Sll"t I'r..tr:1dilej lips thick: ~iIl memo
<br />1.1":1 :]\'_'" llqr con Iwefcll; ('th.'" ks. (\pl<'rclr.~._ :11111 hn';lst na k(~(l: 1wpe :-o:.l::tlell ~ lat,'ra llioc illl p~rfect,
<br />.k""l il~lll.,i Pil ,lid.'- :dl/lIlt \"2 ..e;il.'~. t'lllof uf In;ll~': nl'll~' jlrl,!!l1r, ]"t.tl, extclJ,ling on side to
<br />:il'l'o:!" r:,y... "t' l'l'ct"r"l !i",,: ,,1'0"" Th.. \",,1 i,:l vdj,,"'i-h ":lu,l 011 th~ ~i(h', ahollt as ,,'ide u
<br />diallit"ter of c,'.-I.:: 1l1'per l';lrt: of hIJll~. oltClCl-'(Hl~. with llarkcr Jllarkin;.;"". ~;H~h scale beinl
<br />!.ro\,id..<l witli :1 l.h,'k "p"T. these lU:lkillC: r:dut lateral ;;tr.:"ks :dOIli' rile rows of scnlllll
<br />:d".nt!I dark 1,1"t..[ie, I'll till' ,i.le, re,""1I.1ill:'; f:iint bar~. (';11l.la1 :lllll ~oft ,1orsal fill~ unrrodl'
<br />1"..t"r:1I.. hilltl." halTed: ;llIal :~ll(l velltr:ll, plain: a .brl, 1111ll1era1 ,c::],'. The female baath..
<br />illl""\' I,art,; \,;!i1i:-h. th., si,lcs oli\'a"l'''ll~, IUIIl.it lllottJt.11 with .larkcr; I'th..C\,i~e as in thll
<br />III:d,~. l.ell'...~:rlJ..:! inche~. (lnl:: the types k110\\"U.
<br />I;t!leo;~OlTia cceruleulli spectabHe (A;'::l",iz). Hoi"h.,,/" D(lr~e", Tili... L.. tlw most ~ll1llldallt d:z.rt.lI\'
<br />ill '!'1'ilJ.~ l;r'IlI.,l, ,<1,,1 il1 ~l1o;:1 Cr,'"k. It. i.., alsl1 ,'onll!lon.in iu.lian Creek. \."tf 2-t ~llaDlpit\t
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<br />l:S:ilhill.l:,,~ 1~rill1illlt ill life. The ;1\-I:.r:ljlt ll~n~ib of the ~-~ Spt'l'ju1en~ is :!t\ 11lch(~r;.
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<br />l'clg.. of {he g,'o~r~lp!Ji.. dl,;triIJl:tll'lI oj tl1e ti,..he." in the l,:,,,ill of tlte Colorado Hin'r of
<br />tllI.' \\'\."t. The ~lppr():\illlate area UI'<li!lcll by the Col\.lra,lu anil its triuut<lry stre,llU';
<br />i" ::::":.-',O-!~l sfillarc mile,;. This ellloraees all of tLe TClTitory of .-\rizolla, a :1:.lITOIV st;'ip
<br />aloug till' t'lItinl kllg-th of tlle we-:tcrn siile uf ~ew \le:\ico, :t large part \If \\-estern
<br />Color<lllo, :L portioll -of soutU\yestern \YYOllling. nearly all of tlle e;l,.:trrn half of rt:.lh
<br />aud it lI~IlTOW ",trip III tilt;. ,.:outhwe"tCl'n part of tll,lt TCll'ituI'Y, ,wil a ."lIlall portioll of
<br />the cOlllparatively :triLl regioll of sOllthea,.:teI'n California.
<br />T\le Color:1\lo is m.\wc tbau L~110 mile;,; in length, all(l j". next to tlte Columbia.,
<br />the greatc,;t ri\"i'r ot Ollr \Ve"tet'll :State". It ha:< it,,: ri..;e ill (llC \\":!l(ll~i\'er )Iolllltains
<br />of \\(.,.:tern '\YYlI!uillg, lIe,1f tlle headwaters of four (;thi'l' great ri\'('rs, the :-;-orth Platte,
<br />the 1'.\;,; Bern, the Yelhwstolle, and tue SIl,Il;:e, and rlu\\'s sout!..l,,-anl tl:rough \Vyo,
<br />willg- illto Gtah, just ttlllchiu~ the northwest corner of Colorado. Cutil joilled by tile
<br />Gml1d Ui\'er ill {'tall, ill ahout Lltitll\le -!O~ :.!O'. it is known as the (~l'e\.'lI I~i\'er. The
<br />:11'10.1 ,lr.\incd hy the Green Uin"l' is about 47,~~::! "'iuure miles. :-;-eul' the middle
<br />of thi' ,;olltl1linc of CtalL the Colorado passes iuto _-\rizou<1. theu, tln\\'in;.:: westward
<br />throl1gh tlte (; ramI Canyon, rc.1dles tbe S eyada liue. After l'ecei dng the Hio Y i I'!~ell
<br />frOB:' t lie nort1l, the Color.ulo turns :LLl\'u l'tly StlU th wanl ullil pursue" th is gi'lIcral
<br />(Jireetion 11l1nl it 1'l';I(;1Ies the Gulfof Ca.lifornia, into "'hiI'll it lio";; about .-,() Hliles
<br />l:'ottth oj" the iuterllatiollal boundary. It ti)rms o\'er two,thinls of tue 1,..1\lIdary line
<br />bet"l't'll Arizona ;lwl ~c\'ada. allll all.)f that lJdwecn Arizona and Califurnia.
<br />TIlt' l(,llo'Xln.:..:' is a (~la,-.~Irie(l list. of the rivers anu more important cret'ks of the
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