﻿oob 
  FAUNA. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Prlstis 
  j)ectinatus, 
  or 
  Saw-fish, 
  is 
  occasionally 
  

   found, 
  and 
  is 
  known 
  sometimes, 
  it 
  is 
  said, 
  to 
  ascend 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi 
  River. 
  That 
  the 
  Pristls 
  antiquorum 
  ascends 
  the 
  

   Senegal 
  River 
  for 
  several 
  hundred 
  miles 
  above 
  its 
  mouth 
  

   has 
  long 
  been 
  known. 
  Our 
  saw-fish 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  the 
  

   Pristis 
  antiquorum, 
  which 
  is 
  only 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  

   World, 
  and 
  the 
  statements 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  P. 
  

   pectinatus 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  World 
  are 
  incorrect." 
  

  

  "Much," 
  he 
  remarks, 
  "remains 
  to 
  be 
  done, 
  to 
  ascer- 
  

   tain 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  order 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mississippi." 
  

  

  The 
  Spoon-bill 
  Sturgeon, 
  Poly 
  odon 
  folium, 
  more 
  fami- 
  

   liarly 
  known 
  in 
  Mississippi 
  as 
  the 
  iSpoon-hiU 
  Cat, 
  is 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  our 
  bayous 
  and 
  lakes, 
  and 
  attains 
  nearly 
  

   as 
  great 
  a 
  size 
  as 
  the 
  alligator 
  gar, 
  being 
  often 
  taken 
  

   several 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  Prof 
  Agassiz 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  seen 
  any 
  genuine 
  

   sturgeon 
  from 
  our 
  waters. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  family 
  of 
  Cottoids, 
  he 
  obtained 
  one 
  species 
  of 
  

   Priontus, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Scorpaena, 
  but 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  

   identified 
  them. 
  

  

  Where 
  the 
  specific 
  name 
  is 
  omitted 
  in 
  the 
  list, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  

   to 
  be 
  understood 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  doubtful, 
  but 
  that 
  

   Prof 
  Agassiz 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  duly 
  compared 
  them 
  with 
  others 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus. 
  

  

  Three 
  species 
  of 
  small 
  fish 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  clear 
  creeks 
  

   of 
  our 
  State, 
  and 
  familiarly 
  known 
  as 
  liorny-heads, 
  or 
  

   Stone-toters, 
  were 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  summer, 
  and 
  

   forwarded 
  to 
  Prof 
  Agassiz 
  for 
  examination; 
  but 
  being 
  

   unaccountably 
  delayed 
  in 
  the 
  transmission, 
  it 
  remains 
  

   yet 
  to 
  be 
  determined 
  whether 
  either 
  of 
  them 
  is 
  identical 
  

   with 
  the 
  Chologaster 
  cornutus, 
  found 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  South 
  

   Carolina, 
  or 
  with 
  those 
  discovered 
  by 
  Prof 
  Saflford, 
  in 
  

   Tennessee. 
  

  

  