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Beach; three, 4 to 5.5 inches long, from St. Georges Island; eight, :5 to 6 

 inches long, from Blackwells jMill Creek; seven, from Cockerel Creek; 

 fifty-nine, 2 to 3.5 inches long, from Mobjack Bay; four, 6 to 9 inches 

 long, from Old Point Comfort; three, 2.75 to 4.25 inches long, from the 

 mouth of Hampton Creek. 



11. Stolephorus mitchilli (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



ANCHOVY. 

 Thirty-seven specimens, 1.5 to 2.5 inches long, from Somerset Beach; 

 ten, 1.3 to 1.6 inches long, from Riverside. 



12. Synodus foetens (Linnfeus). 



LlZARD-FlSH. 



Four specimens, 4.5 to 5.5 inches long, from St. Georges Island; one, 

 2.7 inches long, from Cape Charles City. 



13. Esox reticulatus Le Sueur. 



COMMON ExVSTERN PICKEREL. 



Two specimens, 4 and 4.5 inches long, from Mattapony River. 

 14. Fundulus majalis (Walbaum). 



KILLIFISn ; MAYFISH. 



One specimen, 4 inches long, from Mathias Point ; four, of equal size, 

 2 inches long, from Riverside ; five, 3 to 5 inches long, from Blacki- 

 stone Island; two, 3 and 5 inches long, from Piney Point; thirty-eight, 

 1.75 to 5.5 inches long, from St. Georges Island ; one, 4 inches long, from 

 Cape Charles City ; five, 1.2 to 2. 25 inches long, from the mouth of Hamp- 

 ton Creek. 



15. Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus). 



COMMON KILLIFISH ; MUD MINNOW. 



Ninety-three specimens, 2 to 3 inches long, from Somerset Beach; 

 twenty-six, 1 to 2 inches long, from St. Georges Island ; one, 3 inches 

 long, from Cape Charles City ; one, 1.4 inches long, from the mouth of 

 Hampton Creek. 



IG. Fundulus diaphanus (Le Sueur). 

 Eleven specimens, 1.5 to 2.5 inches long, from Somerset Beach; five, 

 1.5 to 3 inches long, from Blackistone Island; five, 2 to 3 inches long, 

 from St. Georges Island. 



17. Lucania parva (Baird & Girard). 



RAINWATER-FISH. 



Fifty-four specimens, .75 to 1.3 inches long, from St. Georges Island; 

 three, .75 to 1.25 inches long, from Cape Charles City. 



18. Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepfede. 



SHEEPSIIEAD MINNOW. 



Ninety-one specimens, .75 to 1.75 inches long, from St. Georges Island. 



