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lecting" were usually very unf;ivorable, on acc^ount ot'lii,!4li water and the 

 superabuudauce of logs and snags. Ne\"ertheless, I succeeded in col- 

 lectiug" altogether 53 species. Three additional si)ecies, and additional 

 specimens of several species that 1 had already secured, have since beeu 

 seut me by Mr. William A. Waruer, of Enterprise. 



Of the 56 species named in the succeeding pages, I describe 15 as. 

 new — 7 of them in the family of Elhi'jstomaUdw^ and 8 in Cyprinidw. 

 Little has yet been done in the way of determining the fish fauna of this 

 and some of the other Southern States, where so rich a field is olfered to 

 the naturalist. 



At Corinth a few draws were made with the seine in a little stream 

 that runs near the railwaj^ depot. This stream is a branch of the Tus- 

 cumbia, which eventually empties into the Mississippi through the Big 

 Hatch ee. 



At Artesia, in Lowndes County, my collecting was done in Catawba 

 Creek and its branches and ponds. This creek flows into the Tibbyhah, 

 itself an aftiuent of the Tombigbee. South of this point, I next fished 

 at Macon, in Noxubee County, on the Noxubee Kiver. The riv'er itself 

 was too high to enter, and I had to content myself with working the 

 I)onds and Horsehunter Creek, which at this point flows into the Nox- 

 ubee. 



At Narkeeta, in Kemper County, I saw a few '' Sunflshes" taken from 

 the Sucarnochee River, a tributary of the Tombigbee. 



At Enterprise, in Clarke County, my collecting was done in the Chick- 

 asawha River and its branches, near the town. I have in my collection 

 from tha,t place 33 species. One species was caught with a hook from 

 the same stream at Shubuta, in the south part of the same county. Fur- 

 ther south this river joins the Leaf, to form the Pascagoula, which flows 

 into the Gulf. 



I have not in this paper attempted to discuss the geographical distri- 

 bution of the species obtained, as this I consider useless until a much 

 more complete survey of the State has been made. This I hope to be 

 able to do at some future time. At the end of this paper I subjoin a 

 list of the species obtained at each of the localities that I have named. 



Types of the new species described have been furnished the National 

 Museum, as well as duplicates of most of the others. Duplicates of some 

 of the new s])ecies have also been placed in Professor Jordan's collection. 

 The remainder of the collection is the property of Butler University, at 

 Indianapolis, Indiana. 



I take pleasure in acknowledging my indebtedness to Prof. D. S. Jor- 

 dan for various suggestions made in reference to the species herein 

 named, as well as for general aid obtained from his numerous pai)ers on 

 the fresh-water fishes of our country. 



