xoTKs ON XKW Jl-:l^sK^■ fisiiks. asi 



In the Delaware Ivivci-. al Xcwhold's Island, liurlin^tDii covuity, 

 llic voung were connnoii about the iiiore grassv plaees. though all 

 -small and rather dull-eolorccl, August 13th, 1908. 



Mr. Vanderv'eer says tliis is very couuiioii in llic Delaware, often in 

 pools and creeks. 



Common in the Delaware about Burlington Island. 



Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede. 

 Small Mouthed Black Bass. 



Introduced into Sluice Creek above the •'lieaver dam," basin of 

 Dennis Creek, in Cape May county. 



Family PERCID^. 



Perca flavescens (Mitchill) 

 Yellow Perch. 



Fishei'men reported a few to occur in Raccoon Creek, at Bridge])ort, 

 Gloucester county. One seen taken hy a fisherman on April 19th, 

 190S. 



Rv'ported scarce in Sluice (*reek, tributary of Dennis Creek, in Cape 

 ]\ray county. 



^Tr. J. B. A'anderveer says it ascends the Delaware rather scattered 

 in the s])ring or about several to a bunch, and these bundles moving 

 close along shore. It ascends also the creeks and meadow streams, 

 and deposits about Trenton. 



Boleosoma nigrum olmstedi (Storer). 

 ' Tessellated Darter. 



in the Delaware, al Xewbold's Island. Burlington county, they 

 were alnmdant about the mouth of the inlet on sandy bottoms. All 

 were adults, l)ut of a ])ale straw color, none in the dress of the lireed- 

 ing-male. August loth, 1908. 



Seen in shallow runs on Burlington Island. 





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