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ichthyologist. It is hoped and believed that the results of this 

 work will be of much practical use to the public at large and to 

 the teachers and students in the schools of the state. 



By special request of the author his synonymies are printed 

 in the form in which they were prepared by him. 



FREDERICK J. H. MERRILL 



Albany N. Y. July 1902 



