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37. Diplesion bleniiioides Iviifiiiosquc (ol)41S, 36469.) 

 AbuiKhiiil. 



38. Hadropterus aspro Cope & Jordan. (36422.) 

 Olio specimen taken iu Saline River. 



39. Hadropterus ouachitas .Jordan & Gilbert. (36449.) 

 Several specimens from Saline River. 



40. Hadropterus scierus Swain. (26411.) 



Abundant. These specimens agree well witli the original types from 

 the streams about Bloomington, Ind. It is remarkable that these 

 three species {Hadrojyicriis scienis, Hadropterus evidcs, Cottogaster cope- 

 hindi), hitherto known from a few localities in Central Indiana only, 

 should prove to be characteristic of the Ozark region. 



4i. Percina caprodes Rafiiiesque. (36417.) 



42. Etheostoma cosruleum spectabile Storer. (36445.) 



43. Etheostoma wliipplei Girard. (36419, 36442.) 



Specimens from the Washita, supposed to be of the same species, 

 lack the red spots. 



44. Etheostoma saxatile Hay. 

 A few from the Saline. 



45. Etheostoma zonale arcansaiium Jordan & Gilbert. 

 iS"ot rare. 



46. Etheostoma fusiforme Girard. (.36415,36470.) 



Abundant in the muddy [)Ools along the Washita and Saline. The 

 specimens are similar to the type of F. palustris Gilbert. 



47. Alvarius fonticola Jordan & Gilbert. (36607.) 

 One specimen from the Washita. 



D. — EED KIVER AT FULTON, ARKANSAS. 



The Red River at Fulton, Ark., flows with a moderate current over 

 a. bed of tine reddish sand and mud or silt. It is subject to great 

 variations in level, according to the rain-fall, being in the winter and 

 s])riiig a tornnit of muddy water, overflowing its banks, and in summer 

 and autumn clear and reduced to 2 or 3 rods iu width and 5 to 7 feet in 

 depth in the cliaiinel. Along its shores are numerous " lakes," ponds 

 of shallow muddy water in the forests, fed by the spring overflow, and 

 di-yiiig up gradually in the summer. 



At the time of our visit (September) the water was near its lowest 

 point, and everything was favorable for collections. The stream is, how- 

 (;ver, singularly barren offish-life, and although it was as carefully and 

 fully seined as the Washita, we found barely half as many species as in 

 the latter stream. The character of the bottom of the Red River is evi- 

 dently unfavorable for lishes. 



