272 Ayres' Enumeration of the 



Sueur. It was thirty-eight inches in length, and weighed 

 fourteen pounds. In its stomach was found a dace (Leuciscus 

 pulcheUus, Storer) ten inches long. This is the largest in- 

 stance of this species which has ever come under my own ob- 

 servation, and with one exception the largest of which I have 

 ever heard as occurring in the Eastern States. That one was 

 taken in the spring of 1842, near Greenfield, Mass., and 

 weighed twenty pounds. 



Dr. Kirkland says, however, that the "pickerel of Ohio are 

 taken occasionally four feet in length, which would make their 

 weight much greater than that of either of those above-men- 

 tioned. V 



Belone truncata. Le Sueur. 



I had been two years on the island before I was aware of 

 the existence there of the garfish, which, however, is not at 

 all uncommon in Old Man's Harbor. The reason was, that 

 they are never or very seldom seen by day ; my first knowl- 

 edge of them was derived from men who were in the habit of 

 spearing eels by firelight. During the day they lie hid in the 

 eel-grass and seek their food only in the night, at which time 

 the specimens in my possession were caught. Their food 

 consists of small fish. 



This species sometimes ascends rivers, many miles above 

 the reach of salt water. In August, 1842, I saw seven or 

 eight at different times in the Connecticut river, near Hart- 

 ford ; one I succeeded in obtaining. 



PiMELODUs CATus. Lin. 



The horned pout is found in Great Pond, and Peconic 

 river ; it is called there bullhead and catfish. I have followed 

 Dr. Dekay in adopting the specific name given by Linnseus, 

 in place of Le Sueur's nebulosus. 



Salmo fontinalis. Mitch. 



The trout, for which the streams and ponds of Long Island 

 are famous, are often taken of very considerable size ; those of 



