NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES AND AMPHIBIANS 

 FROM MUSKOKA AND GULL LAKES. 



BY S. E. MEEK. 



The present paper is based on a collection of fishes and amphib- 

 ians made at Gravenhurst, Ontario, by the writer the second week 

 in September, 1899. The country about Gravenhurst is very rough 

 and rocky, and contains a large number of lakes. Muskoka, the 

 largest of these, is joined on the north by Rosseau and Joseph Lakes. 

 These three form a body of water about forty-five miles in length, and 

 from a few rods, to more than five miles in width. Its coast line is 

 rough and rocky, excepting that here and there are narrow bays, 

 which usually terminate in sandy beaches or low marshy shores. 



"Gull Lake is much smaller than Muskoka, and lies about one and 

 one-half miles east of its southern end. It is about sixty feet higher 

 than Muskoka, into which it drains. Our collection was made in 

 Gull Lake, its outlet, and the southern end of Muskoka Lake. 



Commercial fishing is not permitted in these lakes, and the 

 larger game fishes are reported as abundant. During my visit the 

 disagreeable weather prevented fishing for the larger species, and 

 my attention was given mostly to collecting the smaller. 



PISCES. * 



1. Ameiurus nebulosus (Le Sueur). 



(Dog-fish; Cat-fish.) 



Abundant in Gull and Muskoka Lakes. It is sometimes spoken 

 of as Cat-fish or Bullhead, but more often called Dog-fish. 



2. Catostomus commersonii (Lacepede). 



(Sucker.) 



Abundant in the outlet of Gull Lake. I was informed that 

 many were speared in the spring at the lower part of Gull Lake, 



and in the upper part of its outlet. 



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