New York, October 24, 1916. No. 36 



of™, 





Published to advance the Science of cold-blooded vertebrates 



NOTES ON THE FISHES OF THE 

 LUMBEE RIVER. 



The notes on the fishes of the Peedee River 

 basin by Mr. W. W. Welch in Copeia of July 24, 

 are very interesting. In the spring of 1913 I made 

 some observations on the fishes of the upper portion 

 of the Lumbee and I venture to give here a list of 

 the species observed, to supplement that of Mr. 

 Welch. 



Apparently Mr. Welch obtained 4 species which 

 I did not find, while I saw 7 species which he does 

 not record. The total number recorded in both lists 

 is 32. 



The Lumbee River has its rise in the southeast- 

 ern part of Montgomery County, North Carolina. In 

 its upper course it is, on some maps, called Drown- 

 ing Creek, a name which has no valid claim and which 

 because of its handicap to a proper development of 

 the canoeing possibilities of the stream, as well as its 

 lack of claim to originality, should give way to the 

 very appropriate name Lumbee River, the original 

 Croatan Indian name, which means "beautiful w T a- 

 ter." The name "Lumber," sometimes applied to this 

 stream, especially in its lower course, is merely a cor- 

 ruption of "Lumbee." 



On Monday, March 31, 1913, Dr. John Warren 

 Achorn of Boston and Annisquam, Mass., and I put 

 our canoe (a fine 16-foot Cambridge boat weighing 



