8 CONTKIBUIIONS TO NOKTII AMEUICAN ICIIXnYOLOOV III. 



basins by Professor Jordau.* The purpose of tbis pai)cr is to give a 

 resume of all that is certainly kuowii in regard to tbe icbtbyology of 

 the seven bydrograpbic basins embraced in its scope, viz, tbe Santee, 

 Savannah, Altaniaba, Cbattahoocbe;', Alabama, Tennessee, and Cum- 

 bei land. For purposes of comparison, a table of distribution of species 

 is added, which includes, in addition, what is known of the fish fauna; 

 of the James, Iloanoke, Xeuse, Great I'edee, and Ohio. 



Tbe following is a classified list of tbe streams which have been ex- 

 amined in each water-basin included in this paper, with a word or two 

 suggestive of the character of each stream. The collections in every 

 case were made by one or both of the i)reseut writers, unless otherwise 



stited 



LIST OF STREAMS EXAMINED. 



I. — SANTEE BASIN. 



1. Catawba Klver and tributaries in Xorth Carolina. (Cope, 1SG9.) 



2. Ennoree lliver, near Chick Springs, S. C. (Deep, muddy, and rapid.) 



0. Eeedy River, at Greenville Court-House, S. C. (Muddy.) 



4. Saluda lliver, at Farr's Mills, west of Greenville. (Clear and rapid; 

 a fine seining-ground.) 



II. — SAVANNAH BASIN. 



1. Tngaloo River, ITabersham County, Ga., just below mouth of Panther. 



(Clear, broad rapids.) 



2. Panther Creek, north of Toccoa City, Ga. (Clear mountain-stream.) 

 li. Toccoa Creek, below Toccoa Falls, Ga. (Clear, cold mountain- 

 stream ; contains little besides Ilydrophlox rithricroccus.) 



4. Toxaway and Chatuga Rivers and tributaries about the foot of White- 

 side Mountain. (Clear mountain-streams, abounding in Trout.) 



III. — ALT AMAH A BASIN. 



1. Oconee Kiver, at Sulphur Springs and Fuller's Mills, Hall County, 



Georgia. (Clear.) 



2. Ocmulgeo River, Reed's Fish-pond, south of Atlanta, Ga. (Ilead- 



waters; clear.) 

 .*}. Ocmulgee River, South Fork, Flat Rock, De Kalb County, Georgia. 

 (Partly clear ; a small falls, and a deej) basin worn in granite rock; 

 a fine stream for seining.) 



"A Partial Synop.sis of the Fiabes of Upper Georgia ; with Siip])loaientary Papersoii 

 I'ishe.s of Tennessee, Kentiu-ky and Indiana. By Pavid Starr Jordan, M. D., Ph. 1> 

 < Annals N. V. Lyceum Nat.'Hist. vol. xi, 1877, pp. 307-;?77. 



