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the State, having an area of only about 200 square miles. It lies be- 

 tween the Cumberland Eiver and the Tennessee State line, its surface 

 being hilly and broken by the deeply-cut valleys of the water courses, 

 Tlie central Poplar Mountain range and other elevations form a water- 

 shed, dividing the county into two districts of nearly equal extent; 

 the northern of these drains directly into the Cumberland River, 

 while the other drains into the same river in Tennessee, through Obeys 

 liiver. The total number of species obtained from all the streams was 

 33. 



In the summer of 1890, JVEr. Albert J. Woolman, assisted by Mr. H. 

 W. Monical and Mr. C. O. Chambers, all students in Indiana Univer- 

 sity, made a very extensive and thorough investigation with regard to 

 the fishery resources of Kentucky, their fieldwork beginning in July 

 and continuing until near the middle of September. All of the prin- 

 cipal river systems were visited, and very careful observations were 

 made upon their physical characteristics, as well as upon the variety, 

 abundance, and distribution of their lishes. The observations embraced 

 not only the main stream in each basin V)ut also a greater or less num- 

 ber of its tributaries. In his report* Mr. Woolman gives a detailed 

 description of all of these features, and also has taken pains to incor- 

 porate the results of several ])revious collecting trips to this State by 

 assistants of Indiana University. The collection of fishes obtained 

 was especially large and interesting, and was noteworthy as containing 

 nearly all the known species of darters. 



Work was begun near the center of the State, in the Eolling Fork 

 of Salt Eiver, and was carried thence westward to the Green Eiver, 

 Tradewater Eiver, the lower Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. May- 

 field Creek, Obion Eiver and the Bayou deChien, in the extreme south- 

 western part of the State. Subsequently the party proceeded to the 

 upper Cumberland and Tennessee rivers in eastern Kentucky, the 

 upper Kentucky, Big and Little Sandy and Licking rivers. More worlc 

 was done in the mountainous regions than elsewhere, leaving some of 

 the lower streams to be investigated at a future time. The greatest 

 number of si)ecies of fishes taken in any one basin was 04, in theLTpper 

 Green Eiver and it.s tributaries. 



FLORIDA. 



During December, 1890, and January, 1891, Mr. A. J. Woolman, ac- 

 companied by Piof. Louis Eettger, made an examination of the fresh- 

 water streams occupying the Avestern slope of Florida between Charlotte 

 Harbor and the Suwance Eiver. Beginning operations in tlie vicinity 

 of Punta (iorda and proceeding northward, the following rivers, to- 

 gether with their tributaries, were visited in succession, namely: Alli- 

 gator, Peace, llillsboro, Withla(;oochee, and Santa Fe, the last mentioned 



* Report of an cxamiuatiou of the rivers of Kentucky, with lists of the fishes 

 obtained. By Albert J. Woolnian. iiiill. U. S. Fish Comui., x, 1890, pp. 249-288, pi. Li. 



