November, 1920] 



The Canadian Field-Naturalist 



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and in the blunthead and nine-spined stickleback 

 shows slightly greatly affinity to the Great Lakes 

 than Otter Lake. Most previous lists for Ontario- 

 although of some help related too much to the 

 ichthyologist's boundary paradises and reservoirs, 

 namely: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and Superior, 

 to be of particular service in the study of the far 

 inland lakes of the province. 



Ameiiirus nebulosus (Le Sueur). Catfish. 



Common in the weedy edges cf Otter lake where 

 pickerel-weed, pipe-wort, watershield and other 

 water plants abound. Also found in outlet of the 

 Peat bog. We found no catfish in Fletcher lake. 



Caiostomus commersonl'i (Lacepede). Sucker. 



Reported as common throughout the region. I se- 

 cured it at Otter lake. Meek secured it at Graven- 

 hurst and Trout creek. 



Chrosornus erylhrogasler Rafinesque. Red-bellied 

 Dace. 



The most common minnow of all these lakes. It 

 IS especially a minnow of quiet clear water, both 

 lakes and streams. Every lake or pond visited if it 

 had minnows at all harbored mainly redbellied 

 dace. Meek secured it at Muskoka lake and Trout 

 creek. Also taken by Professor Macoun in Al- 

 gonquin Park. 



Pimephales promelas Rafinesque. Fat-head. 



On August n, 1913, we seined several "fat- 

 heads" in a marshy place of Otter lake. Meek 

 secured it at Trout Creek. 



Nolropis ca})uga Meek. Cayuga Minnow. 



In weedy shallows of Otter lake and its peat bog 

 pond we found this species. I believe this the same 

 as Meek's N. muslfol^a taken by him at Graven- 

 hurst and other places. 



Notropis cornuius (Mitchill). Shiner. 



The shiner or redfin occurs in many of the lakes 

 of the region. Taken by us in Otter, Harvey Jr., 

 and other lakes. 



Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Horned 

 Dact. Creek Chub. 



Widely distributed. It was found in Otter, 

 Harvey Jr., Fletcher and other lakes. Meek had 

 it from Gravenhurst and Trout Creek. 



Leuciscus neogaeus (Cope). Cope's Minnow. 



In weedy shallows of Otter Lake, we secured 

 representatives of this form on July 29 and August 

 11, 1913, associated with red-bellied dace. 



Esox lucius (Linnaeus). Pike. 



So far as we could determine there are no native 

 pike (E. lucius), pickerel (E. iridecemlineatus) 

 and lunge (E. masquinongy) in Lake of Bays, Hol- 

 low Lake, Fletcher Lake and other lakes of this 



(2) Nash. C. W., Checklist of the Fish of Ontario. 

 Dept. of Education, Toronto, 1908. Also, "Fishes 

 of Toronto" in "The Natural History of Toronto 

 Region. Ontario, Canada, pp. 249-371. 



region, and no one was found to report introduced 

 fish cf these three species. Meek reports the pike 

 and lunge from Muskoka Lake. 



Eupomotis gihhosus (Linnaeus). "Pumpkin 

 Seed." 



Common from Lake of Bays to Algonquin Park. 

 The boys of camp brought us sunfish from Harvey 

 Jr., Hardwood, Fletcher and other lakes and they 

 were not uncommon in Otter Lake. Rock bass are 

 not in these lakes but held by local fishermen to 

 be in lower lakes although Meek stated there were 

 no rock bass in the lakes of the Highlands of On- 

 tario. ' 



Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede. Small-mouthed 

 Black Bass. 



Not reported from Lake of Bays eastward or 

 northward. Meek secured it on Muskoka Lake. 

 Perca flavescem (Mitchill). Perch. 

 Taken in several lakes in 1913. Common in 

 Fletcher, Skin and Porridge lakes, but not very 

 large. Held to be put in these lakes by the Do- 

 minion government twenty or more years before. 

 The stock IS supposed to have come from Orillia. 

 Also taken in Lake of Bays. Meek secured them 

 at Gravenhurst. , 



Cristivonier namaycush (Walbaum). 

 Common in many of the lakes of the region. Held 

 by many residents to be native of Hollow, Kimball, 

 Bear and some other lakes. In others like Hard- 

 wood they were held to be introduced about June, 

 1889. About Hollow Lake, Lake of Bays, and 

 other lakes of the region they allude to larger gray 

 trout with white flesh and smaller salmon trout with 

 reddish flesh. 



Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill.) "Speckled 

 Trout." Brook Trout. 



Common in lakes of the region. Taken in Otter, 

 Fletcher and Harvey lakes and others more remote. 

 Coregonus clupeiformis (Mitchill). Whitefish. 

 We saw no whitefish. One informant said there 

 was a whitefish caught in the shallows of Hollow 

 lake during the fall and winter. Others state that 

 there is a whitefish in Lake of Bays. Whether these 

 are true whitefishes or ciscos remains to be dis- 

 covered. Some of the rangers assert there are white- 

 fish lower down at Orillia, Peterboro, etc., but not 

 here. 



Loia maculosa (LeSueur). Ling. 

 This species is reported as very common in Lake 

 of Bays, and Hollow lake where they are caught 

 on night lines. 



III. THE BATRACHIANS AND THE 



REPTILES. 



By a. H. Wright and S. E. R. Simpson. 



The Salamanders. 

 Nash (1908) gives ten species of salamanders 



