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and Calico Bass seem to be very ai)propriate designation for Poinoxys 

 sparoidcs, and has the additional ad\antage of being already generally in 

 use in a larger district. 



Poinoxys annularis is also known by such names as "Bachelor" in the 

 Ohio Valley, "New Light" and " Campbellite " in Kentucky, Illinois 

 and Indiana, names given to it by the irreverent during the great Camp- 

 bellite movement in the West nearly half a century ago. It is also called 

 •• Sac-a-lait " and "Chinquapin Perch" in the Lower Mississippi, and 

 has other names of local application as " Tin Mouth," " Bridge Perch,' ' 

 " Goggle Eye," " Speckled Perch," "John Demon " and "Shad." 



It is also often confounded with the preceding species, and some of the 

 names of the two are interchangeable. This species is not often seen in 

 the Great Lake region, but throughout the Lower Mississippi and its 

 tributaries it is very abundant. Its young swarm in all the muddy bayous 

 along the rivers, and great numbers of them are destroyed in the fall when 

 these bodies of water dry up. With the exception of its predilection for 

 muddy waters, I know little in its habits distinctive from those of the 

 Strawberry Bass. Like the latter, it is said to be an excellent fish for ponds. 

 Both take the hook, feed upon small fishes and crustaceans, and spawn 

 in spring. They grow to be about twelve inches long and to the weight 

 of a pound. Exceptionally large individuals have been known to weigh 

 three pounds. 



Among the Louisiana anglers, especially about Lake Pontchartrain; the 

 Crappie is a prime favorite, for it will take a minnow bait as promptly as a 

 black bass. It is not very pugnacious, however, and will not fight as 

 long as the bass, and is also more easily frightened, requiring greater 

 caution on the part of the angler. 



A correspondent of the Angler^ describes the fishing in Cedar Lake, 

 Indiana. Angling is carried on from little flat-bottomed skiffs and from 

 sail boats, with bait of minnows, worms or pieces of fish. In five hours 

 two men caught fifty-seven bass and eighty-two Crappies. Trolling is a 

 favorite mode of fishing among the people who live near the lake, who, 

 using two lines with spoon-baits or " whirl," and fishing from a sail boat, 

 frequently take two hundred or more Crai^pics in a day, besides occasional 

 pickerel, perch and bass. Two men fishing for pleasure, took in June, 

 1882, in the course of three days, a thousand Crappies, weighing from four 



* "Jap " in American Angler, ii, S7. 



