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and membrane with a few dusky spots. Spine and edge of first 
ventral ray tinted pinkish. Adult. Cedar Swamp Creek tide- 
water at Petersburg, Cape May County. April 16th, 1906. T. 
D. Keim and H. W. Fowler. ‘These fish were abundant, and 
many large examples are taken by the gill-net fishermen. They 
all agree in their apparent uniformity of color. Color in life of 
young altogether more bluish than Delaware River specimens. 
Back pale olive-brown, vertical bands not very distinct. Side of 
head brownish-emerald and blue. Muzzle translucent brownish. 
Iris with pearly reflections. Peritoneum showing through cop- 
pery-white. Trunk with more purplish reflections. Opercular 
spot very narrowly blackish. Fins pale translucent. Ventrals 
most so. Dorsai spines a trifle dusky. Length 2 inches. Upper 
tide-water of Cedar Swamp Creek, at Petersburg. December 
31st, 1905. T. D. Keim and H. W. Fowler. We found little 
examples abundant in the bayous of the creek. 
A medium-sized example was taken in Mantua Creek, above 
Mantua, April 8th, 1906, by S$. H. Hamilton and myself. It is 
said to be abundant in the streams about Dennisville, in Cape 
May County. Small examples were taken there in September. 
Boleosoma nigrum olmstedi (Storer). 
Tessellated Darter. 
Found in some numbers about sand riffles of Chestnut Branch 
of Mantua Creek, April Ist, 1906. They were adult, but with- 
out evidence of breeding-dress, and were associated with No- 
tropis analostanus. 
Family SERRANIDA. 
Roccus lineatus (Bloch). 
Rock. Striped Bass. 
In a recent issue of Forest and Stream, Mr. L. Huht reports 
7 examples of from 2 to 4 pounds in weight taken at Shark River 
