172 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
One taken in the south branch of Big Timber Creek in a pool 
in Gloucester county near Sumner, on October 20th, 1907. Oper- 
cular dark spot nearly equals iris. 
Mesogonistius chzetodon (Baird). 
Banded Sun Fish. 
Abundant in the sphagnum beds about the forks of Cedar 
Swamp Creek, in Cape May county, on April 15th, 1906. Pre- 
viously on January 31st, 1906, we also found a number in the 
same locality, associated with Umbra. They were mostly small. 
Mr. T. D. Keim reports taking it in the Pensauken Creek near 
Pensauken in 1906. 
In the Rancocas Creek above New Lisbon these little fish were 
found very abundant on May 12th, 1907. They prefer the con- 
cealment afforded in the aquatic vegetation of the cut-offs and 
little coves. ‘There they were seen in very many places swimming 
about as usual, and diving suddenly into the plants when fright- 
ened or disturbed, only leaving a muddy place to indicate their 
disappearance. Of the numerous examples taken all seemed 
darker than those found in Pennsylvania. 
Lepomis auritus (Linneus). 
Long Eared Sun Fish. 
Several large ones seen swimming about the pond at Turners- 
ville, west branch of Big Timber Creek, in Gloucester county, 
May 19th, 1907. 
Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnus). 
Common Sun Fish. 
Several in Crosswicks Creek near Trenton on July 15th, 1906. 
Found in Kinkora Creek near Kinkora, Burlington county, on 
October 10th, 1906. Mr. Hand has secured it in Cape May 
