354 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



1860. Charles C. Abbott. Descriptions of two new species of PimeJodus from 

 Kansas. <Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1860, 568-569. 



In this paper are given descriptions of the two nominal species, Pime- 

 lodus hammondii (=Ictalurus punctatus) and Pimelodus notatus (=Icta- 

 Varus punctatus). The types of each were collected at Fort Riley, 

 Kans., by Dr. W. A. Hammond, presumably from the Kansas River. 



1860. Dr. George Suckley. Report upon the fishes collected on the [Pacific Rail- 

 road] Survey; chapter 1, Report upon the Salmonidw; chapter 2, Re- 

 port upon the fishes exclusive of the Salmonidce. Pacific Railroad 

 Report, vol. XII, part in, No. 5, pp. 307-368, with 21 plates, 1860; and 

 in Natural History of Washington Territory, same pagination, plates, 

 and date. 



All of the dozen Missouri Basin fishes mentioned in this paper were 

 collected by Dr. Suckley. 



1862. Theodore Gill. Observations on the genus Cottus, and descriptions of two 

 new species (abridged from the forthcoming report of Capt. J. H. 

 Simpson.) <Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vm, 1862, 40-42. 



In this paper, page 40, is given the original description of Potamo- 

 cottus punctulatus ( = Cottus bairdi punctulaUis), the type a single speci- 

 men obtained by Dr. George Suckley in 1859, "between Bridger's Pass 

 and Fort Bridger." This is probably in the Missouri Basin. 



1862a. Theodore Gill. Descriptions of new species of Pimelodince (abridged from 

 the forthcoming report of Capt. J. H. Simpson). <Troc. Bost Soc 

 Nat. Hist., vm, 1862, 42-46. 



In this paper Dr. Gill described as new 3 species of catfishes, viz. 

 Ictalurus simpsonii (=/. punctatus), from the "Big Sandy River of 

 Kansas" (probably the Kansas River); Amiurus obesus (=Ameiurus 

 melas), "supposed to be from Nebraska" (collected by Mr. McCarthy); 

 and Noturus occidentalis ( =iV. flavus) from Platte River. The first and 

 third were collected by Dr. Suckley. 



