feet deep, under the branches of a floating dead 

 tree, or among other debris, so that it is almost 

 impossible to get within capturing distance with- 

 out alarming it. Its size is 4 to 5 inches from 

 snout to vent. The call is heard at any time, day 

 or night, from deeply wooded bayous, oftenest in 

 March, April and May. R p D ECKERT, 



New York, X. Y. 



FISHES IX POLLUTED WATERS 



For many years the tidal reaches of the 

 Schuylkill River to the Fairmount dam in Phila- 

 delphia have been greatly polluted, suggesting the 

 impression that they support little or no fish life. 

 I have recently received a number of fishes from 

 this region, through Mr. W. E. Meehan, the Direc- 

 tor of the Philadelphia Aquarium, besides notes 

 on others not sent. The most interesting was a 

 gizzard shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) captured 

 from a small run during the past October. Those 

 species commonly noted are Anguilla chrisypa, 

 Notropis hudsonias amarus, X. amwnus, Cyprinus 

 carina, Carassius auratus, Catostomus commersonii, 

 Ameiurus nebulosus, Fundulus heteroclitus macro- 

 lepidotus, Ambloplites rupestris, Eupomotis gibbosus, 

 Micropterus salmoides, Perca flavescens and Boleos- 

 oma nigrum olmstedi. Species of more or less 

 unusual occurrence were Pomolobus pseudoharen- 

 gus, Salmo fario, Ameiurus catus, Esox reticulatus, 

 Pomoxis spar o ides, Lepomis auritus, 7>. incisor, 

 Micropterus dolomieu and Morone americana. 



H. W. FOWLER. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



