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Mr. B. W. Griffiths says they ascend the tide-water of the 

 south branch of Timber Creek to Blackwood, in Camden 

 county. Hundreds were taken there in the spring of 1900, when 

 there was a great run. Several were seen along the bay shore 

 at Green Creek on June 9th, 1907, and again on June 23d. Mr. 

 H. Walker Hand reports herring as biting readily on shrimp late 

 in July of 1 907, about Cape May. 



In Great Egg Harbor Bay it was reported very abundant, 

 during last spring, about Somers Point, in the Great Egg 

 Harbor River, Ocean City, Beesley's Point, and in the Tuckahoe 

 River as far as Tuckahoe. It is known as "herring." 



According to Mr. J. B. Vanderveer, of Trenton, the fishermen 

 would formerly stop the herring in their ascension during the 

 spring so that many would happen to spawn there. This was due 

 to so many examples congregating in places where there were 

 obstructions, and then they were taken by thousands. Persistent 

 muddy water also seemed to check them so that they frequently 

 spawned in great numbers between Trenton and Bordentown. 

 Mr. Vanderveer says the "alewife" generally appears 2 or 3 weeks 

 earlier than the so-called "rail herrin." 



Mr. B. W. Griffiths has seen them in the spring in Mantua 

 Creek as far as Wenonah, Gloucester county. 



Pomolobus aestivalis (Mitchill). 



Black Bellied Herring. Black Belly. Rail Herrin. Real Herring. 



Mr. J. B. Vanderveer reports that a herring, with a distinctly 

 black peritoneum, ascends the Delaware tide-water as far as 

 Trenton, where he has captured many hundreds of them. They 

 appear later than the alewife and spawn nearer shore, the latter, 

 more like the shad, preferring deeper water. He describes them, 

 as more slender and slightly differing in color from the alewife. 

 I reject Dr. Bean's contention of Storer's name Alosa cyanonoton 

 for this species, as the latter's description and figure are both that 

 of the alewife, he evidently having confused this species, but not 

 described it under that name. This view is suggested by Dr. 

 Kendall. 



