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102. Eupomotis gibbosus (Liniuvns). SUNFISH. — The common sunfish abounds 

 in the parks, and living individuals have been received also from Canandaigua Lake, 

 the Adirondack lakes and elsewhere. It is hardy but subject to fungus attacks, which 

 yield readily to treatment with brackish water. 



103. Micropterus dolomieu {Laccpedc) Small-mouthed Black Bass. — Four- 

 teen young of the year were received from James Annin, Jr., Caledonia, N. V., on 

 October 6, 1896. On the approach of cold weather they remained nearly dormant 

 and took almost no food during the winter, but when the spring was advanced they 

 fed eagerly and grew rapidly. 



104. Micropterus salmoides {Laccpedc). Large-mouthed Black Bass. — Three 

 indi\-iduals, about four inches in length, were received from Mr. Annin, at Caledonia, 

 October 6, 1896. They hibernated and almost always refused food in the winter, but 

 fed ravenously in spring, summer and fall. Young fish from one-half to two inches 

 long were seined in Bronx River in August, and they prove hardy in captivity. 



IC5. Stizostedion vitreum {Mitchill). Pike-Perch; Wall-eved Pike; Pike. — 

 Mr. James Annin, Jr., of Caledonia, sent two individuals, April 23, 1896, for identifica- 

 tion. Thev furnished the following notes and measurements in inches: 



The pyloric cceca are long and loaded with fat. The male is brassy; the female gray and 

 whitish. 



In November, 1896, and again in the same month of 1897, Mr. Annin had living 

 adult pike-perch shipped by express from Canandaigua Lake, and a fish was seldom 

 lost in transportation. 



