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6. Collections and personal observations made by the writer, 

 during the years 1905 to 1909. The fish-traps and beam 

 trawls furnish a nearly inexhaustable source of data regard- 

 ing many important aspects of the life history of the differ- 

 ent species. The seine has also been much used in securing 

 the young of many fishes and the smaller shore fishes. 

 I should add, further, that in several cases references of the isolated 

 •occurrences of certain rare species in Rhode Island waters have been 

 found in various works on ichthyology or in special papers. I have 

 made use of these sources also, as a matter of record, giving the proper 

 reference under each particular species. 



The material for the notes on the food of the various species, in ad- 

 dition to data obtained by personal observation, has been taken from 

 a variety of sources. The observations on the stomach contents of 

 fishes made by Dr. Edwin Linton (1899, 1904) have been largely used. 

 Other information regarding the food of fishes, particularly of the fresh- 

 water fishes, has been obtained from various papers, chiefly those by 

 Kendall, and by Kendall and Goldsborough. 



The notes on the natural history of the different species have been 

 taken from many sources. The greatest proportion has been taken from 

 papers in the various publications of the United States Bureau of Fish- 

 eries, from special papers by Theodore Gill and others, and from mono- 

 graphs and reports of various Commissions and Boards of Fisheries. 

 The more important of the papers which contain imformation 

 regarding particular fishes mentioned in the list are referred to in the 

 notes on the different species. Below is given a list of other more 

 general papers which give important data regarding various phases 

 of the natural history of the fishes of our waters. This list does not 

 exhaust the bibliography of the subject, but aims to include the most 

 important and accessible papers in English. A few important 

 German references have also been added. 



General References, Periodicals, Etc. 

 American Naturalist, Ichthyology notes and Reviews in the, by D. S. Jordan. 

 Canadian Biology, Further Contributions to; 39th Annual Report of the Depart- 

 ment of Marine and Fisheries, fisheries Branch, 1902-1905. 



