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county in Ross's mill pond tributary to Fishing Creek, the head 

 of Dias Creek and Green Creek Run. Mr. Henry Warrington 

 secured young in the Rancocas near Medford, Burlington county, 

 in January of 1899. 



Color in life very dark deep dusky, inclining to blackish or with 

 general tint blackish-olive. Sides with vertical dusky-edged ocelli, 

 centers of which are of deep dull crimson or blood-stained tint, 

 and those intervening over obsolete transverse bands more red 

 than others, which are tinged with warm olive. Sides of head 

 with pale streaks, metallic colored, and tinged with dilute coppery, 

 pale bluish and greenish. Intervening wavy dark spaces on side 

 of head tinged with beautiful copper and saffron. Belly and 

 lower surface of abdomen dirty saffron, or with dusky tinge. 

 Lower surface of head livid dusky-grayish, and also with a dilute 

 bluish or greenish tinge. Opercular blotch jet black, margined 

 posteriorly with deep carmine. Iris dusky-olive. About 9 under- 

 laid transverse obsolete bands of blackish, and rather indistinctly 

 defined. First band on occiput, second from middle of predorsal 

 region, third from bases of third and fourth dorsal spines, fourth 

 from bases of fifth to seventh dorsal spines, fifth at bases of last 3 

 dorsal spines and origin of rayed dorsal, sixth from middle of 

 base of rayed dorsal, seventh from last dorsal rays, and eighth 

 and ninth on caudal peduncle above. Fins all dusky-olive, mem- 

 branes largely with blackish. Pectoral, ventral and anal deep 

 dusky, tinted with deep saffron or a dark shade of belly. Length 

 5 inches. I captured this example in a hole, in cold running water, 

 at Ross's mill pond. Cape May county, on May 5th, 1907. 



One taken in the west branch of Big Timber Creek in the pond 

 at Grenloch, Gloucester county. May 19th, 1907, was rather pale. 



Mr. S. H. Hamilton reports it as abundant in Lake Hopatcong. 



Small sun fish were abundant in New England Creek at Hig- 

 bee's Beach, on October 5th, 1907. They were usually under 

 banks and in weeds. Not bluish, though otherwise brightly col- 

 ored, with reddish fins, and dark vertical bars not pronounced. 

 Found in Teal's branch, associated with Gamhusia, on October 

 15th. They were then abundant in the weeds. A rather light 

 colored example about 4 inches long was taken. 



