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chogue) , N. Y. From this one is inclined to consider 

 these as the localities for his new form, though such 

 are not so stated. I have examined and largely col- 

 lected a very large series of examples from: New 

 Jersey (Batsto R., Wading R., Mantua Creek, Ce- 

 dar Swamp Creek, Trenton, New Lisbon, Grenloch, 

 Friendship, Sumner, Cape May Court House, Great 

 Sound Creek, Porchtown, Repaupo, Coopers, Mill- 

 ville Lake, Sluice Creek, Burlington Island, Fishing 

 Creek, Elmer, Lake Hopatcong, Upper Goshen 

 Creek, Pancoast Run, Pitman, McPherson's Branch, 

 Brookdale, Alloway, Cedarville, Shepard's Mill, 

 Clementon, Green Creek) ; Pennsylvania (Bristol, 

 Scott's Creek, Perm Valley, Guinea Creek, Tully- 

 town Brook, Common Creek, Tinicum Island, 

 Moores, Chester, Bridgewater, Torresdale, Holmes- 

 burg, Laurel Bend, David's Well, Rocky Woods, 

 Emilie, Oxford Valley, Langhorne, Glen Lake, 

 Woodbourne, Philadelphia, Schuykill R.) ; Dela- 

 ware (Rehoboth, Bellevue Creek, Bombay Hook, 

 Newcastle, Delaware City, Brown's Branch, Laurel, 

 Lewes) ; Maryland (Bacon Hill, Big Bohemia Creek, 

 Elk Neck, Aydelotte Branch, Dike Creek) ; Virginia 

 ( Locust ville Branch and lower James River). My 

 examples show the 2 or 3 simple dorsal rays and 12 

 or 13 branched, rarely 14, and the anal with 4 simple 

 rays and 6 or 7 branched, rarely 5 or 8. The scales 

 vary 28 to 35 in a median lateral series to the caudal 

 base, with 3 to 5 more on the latter. Transversely 

 are 12 to 15 scales between the dorsal and ventral 

 origins, and before the dorsal 23 to 30. The propor- 

 tions of the head, body-depth, etc., vary greatly, but 

 chiefly with age. The eye was found contained 3-2/5 

 to 5 times in the head, and the young of course with 

 it larger than the adult. There is absolutely nothing 

 in Shufeldt's exposition of the structural characters 

 not covered by my series. 



My copied figure, from Jordan and Evermann, 

 is 7 inches long "which is much larger than the fish 



