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NOTES ON INDIANA FISHES. 

 BY BARTON W. EVERMAXN AND OLIVER P. JENKINS. 



The material upon which the following paper is based consists chiefly 

 of collections made (1) in the streams flowing through Carroll County, 

 in August, 18S7, by B. W. Evermauu ; (2) in Lake Maxinkuckee and the 

 Tippecauoe River, in August, 18SG, by O. P. Jenkins ; (3) in southeastern 

 Indiana, made at various times by the writers and W. P. Shannon ; and 

 (4) in Dearborn aud Ohio Counties, in August, 1887, by O. P. Jenkins. 

 Most of the collecting was done with a small Baird seine. 



UPPER WABASH AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. 



Collections were made in the Wabash, the Tippecanoe, Deer Creek, 

 Little Deer Creek, Wild Cat Creek, and Honey Creek. Less than a day 

 was devoted to the Wabash River at Delphi. About two days each 

 were given to Deer Creek and Wild Cat Creek, good-sized creeks 

 flowing nearly due west through Carroll County, the first emptying 

 into the Wabash near Delphi, the second, near La Fayette. Little 

 Deer Creek is a small branch of Deer Creek a few miles north of Wild 

 Cat, while Honey Creek is a small stream which flows into Wild Cat 

 from the southeast about 3 miles east of the Carroll County line. About 

 a half day was given to each of these, in Honey Creek at Russiaville, 

 and in Little Deer Creek near the east line of the county. Wild Cat 

 was seined in the vicinity of Burlington and Deer Creek at Camden, 10 

 miles above its mouth. 



All these creeks flow over bottoms more or less rocky or gravelly, 

 with occasional stretches of sand or mud. 



Most of the collection from the Tippecanoe River was made by Mr. 



0. P. Jenkins, in August, 1886, while floating in a boat down that stream 

 from Lake Maxinkuckee. Hauls were made at various places from 

 where the Logansport and Terre Haute Railroad crosses the river, to its 

 mouth, 10 miles below Delphi. 



1. Petromyzon concolor (Kirtland.) Silcery Lamprey. 



One specimen, 9 inches long, taken in the Wabash River at Delphi. 

 The only other Indiana records, so far as we are able to learn, are those 

 given by Dr. Jordau of one taken at New Albany and one in the White 

 River at Indianapolis. 



2. Polyodon spathula (Walbaum). Spoon-bill Cat. 



No specimens of this species were obtained, but several years ago I 

 had a specimen which had been taken from the Wabash near Delphi. 

 (Evermann.) It is still reported to be common in the spring. 



