Vol. XXIII, pp. 157-164 December 6, 1910 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM THE LOWER 



POTOMAC, THE ENTRANCE OF CHESAPEAKE 



BAY, AND FROM STREAMS FLOWING 



INTO THP]SE WATERS.* 



BY BARTON WARREN EVERMANN AND 

 SAMUEL FREDERICK HILDEBRAND. 



U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 



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The collection upon \vhich this paper is based is a miscella- 

 neous one, made chiefly in behalf of the U. S. Fish Commission 

 at various times during the years 1892 to 1900, by the U. S. 

 Fisheries Steamer Fish Hawk, and by Messrs. M. C. Marsh, 

 W. C. Kendall, W. H. Sterling, E. C. Starks, W. T. Lindsay, 

 A. Marmaduke, E. Daws, and Capt. L. G. Harron. This 

 material remained unstudied until recently when the present 

 writers went over the entire lot. It was found to contain sev- 

 eral interesting species, and enables us to record an extension 

 of the geographic range of a number of species beyond their 

 previously recorded limits. It is hoped that the publication of 

 this list may prove of interest to students of the fish fauna of 

 the region covered by the collection. 



The waters and localities from which specimens have been 

 obtained by the above named collectors are as follows: 



Potomac River at Jackson City, Alexandria, and Mathias 

 Point, Ya.; Bryans Point, Somerset Beach, Riverside, Blacki- 

 stone Island, Piney Point, and St. Georges Island, Md.; Matta- 

 pony River at Milford, Ya.; Blackwells Mill Creek, Cockerel 

 Creek, Cape Charles City, Mobjack Bay, Gloucester Point, 

 Buckroe Beach, Old Point Comfort, Hampton Roads, Hampton 

 Creek, Ocean View, and Cape Henry, Ya. 



* Published by permission of Hon. George M. Bowers, U. S. Commissioner of Fish- 

 eries. 



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