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lecting were usually very unfavorable, on account of high water and the 
superabundance of logs and snags. Nevertheless, I succeeded in col- 
lecting altogether 53 species. Three additional species, and additional 
specimens of several species that I had already secured, have since been 
sent me by Mr. William A. Warner, of Enterprise. 
Of the 56 species named in the succeeding pages, I describe 15 as 
new—7 of them in the family of Ltheostomatide, and 8 in Cyprinide. 
Little has yet been done in the way of determining the fish fauna of this 
and some of the other Southern States, where so rich a field is offered to 
the naturalist. 
At Corinth a few draws were made with the seine in a little stream 
that runs near the railway depot. This stream is a branch of the Tus- 
cumbia, which eventually empties into the Mississippi through the Big 
Hatchee. 
At Artesia, in Lowndes County, my collecting was done in Catawba 
Creek and its branches and ponds. This creek flows into the Tibbyhah, 
itself an affluent of the Tombigbee. South of this point, I next fished 
at Macon, in Noxubee County, on the Noxubee River. The river itself 
was too high to enter, and I had to content myself with working the 
ponds and Horsehunter Creek, which at this point flows into the Nox- 
ubee. ; 
At Narkeeta, in Kemper County, I saw a few “Sunfishes” taken from 
the Sucarnochee River, a tributary of the Tombigbee. 
At Enterprise, in Clarke County, my collecting was done in the Chick- 
asawha River and its branches, near the town. I have in my collection 
from that place 33 species. One species was caught with a hook from 
the same stream at Shubuta, in the south part of the same county. Fur- 
ther south this river joins the Leaf, to form the Pascagoula, which flows 
into the Gulf. 
I have not in this paper attempted to discuss the geographical distri- 
bution of the species obtained, as this I consider useless until a much 
more complete survey of the State has been made. This I hope to be 
able to do at some future time. At the end of this paper I subjoin a 
list of the species obtained at each of the localities that I have named. 
Types of the new species described have been furnished the National 
Museum, as well as duplicates of most of the others. Duplicates of some 
of the new species have also been placed in Professor Jordan’s collection. 
The remainder of the collection is the property of Butler University, at 
Indianapolis, Indiana. 
I take pleasure in acknowledging my indebtedness to Prof. D. 8. Jor- 
dan for various suggestions made in reference to the species herein 
named, as well as for general aid obtained from his numerous papers ou 
the fresh-water fishes of our country. 
