BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Vol. 5. Salem, Mass., Sept., 1873. No. 9. 



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Field INIeeting at Chebacco Pond, Tuesday, 

 August 12, 1873. 



[Continued .] 



Mr. F. W. Putnam spoke on the fishes of the pond 

 and gave an account of the general structure of fishes, and 

 of the characteristic habits of several species, especially 

 noting the mode of spawning of the horned pout and 

 the bream, and the care Avhich the pouts take of their 

 young for some time after they leave the spawning nest. 



The fishes taken with the seine by himself and Mr. 

 Cooke during the morning consisted of the following 

 species : — 



Fimelodus catus, Horned Pout, not full}' grown; Esox rctkulatus, 

 Pickerel, not fully grown ; Lcuciscus Americanus, Shiner, adults and 

 young specimens about one inch in length; Lenciscns 2ndrheUus, Chub, 

 young specimens; Fercajlacescens, Perch, adults and half-grown spec- 

 imens ; Labrax rufus. White Perch, adults ; Pomotis vulgaris, Bream, 

 adults, and young of from one-half to one inch in length; Hololepis 

 fusiformis, Little Darter, adults. 



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