360 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



9. Hyboguathus nuchalis (Agassiz). Jamestown, very rare. Seldom met with in 



this regiou. S]>eciiiieus of medium size aud in good color. 



10. Notropis niegalops (Kafines(nie). I^a Monro and .Jamestown; abundant. 



11. Notropis deliciosus (Oirard). La Moure; .Tamestown. Rare at the former, 



<iuite common at the latter place. Many specimens infested with a flat white 

 worm, which inhabits the abdominal cavity. These parasites were from 

 30 to 50 mm. long and about 2 mm. wide. 



12. Notropis cayuga Meek. James River at Jamestown, 16 specimens, very large. 



13. Hybopsis keiituckieiisis (Rafinesque). River Chub. Common in James River 



aud Pipestem Creek. 



14. Semotilus atromaculatus (Rafinesque). Creek Chub. .James River aud Pipe- 



stem Creek. Not common nor large in size. 



15. Rhinichthys atronasus (Mitchill). Biack-itosed J)ace. Common at La Moure 



and .Jamestown; prefers cool and swift water. 



16. Lucius lucius (Linuanis). Pickerel; Pike. Jamestown, abundant in the juill- 



pond; very fine specimens taken with hook and line. 



17. Etheostoma nigrum Rafiuesque. Johnny Darter. Jamestown; more than a 



hundred specimens taken from one ripple. Color very dark; V-shaped 

 markings on the side very distinct. 



18. Etheostoma aspro (Cope & Jordan). Black-sided Darter. A single specimen 



taken at Jamestown. 



19. Etheostoma iov7ae Jordan «fe Meek. Jamestown, 50 specimens; more abundant 



than E. nigrum. 

 Eleven examples give the following measurements: 



Scales with pores in lateral line from 25 to 28, very variable. 

 20. Perca flavescens (Mitihill). Yellow Perch: Kiny Perch. Five small specimens 

 taken at Jamestown; reported common in deep water. 



THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH. 



The Red River of the North, in the United States, consists of the 

 upper and middle course of the southern inlet of Lake Winnipeg. It 

 flows in a direction contrary to that of the streams on either side of it, 

 and apparently makes its way a.yaiiist rising- ground. The Red River 

 lies w^holly within drift territory, but, unlike most other rivers, flows 

 against or opposite to the course of the glacier. This is not the case 

 with many of its tributaries, however, that seem naturally to take a 

 southern (;ourse until in the iiumediate valley or flood plain of the Red 

 River, when they turn sharply and flow toward the larger stream. The 

 broad valley of the Red River of the North is very level, and widens 



