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swims near tlic surface to catch insects. In November 

 it is taken with rod and line soiitli of the city of Baltimore. 

 Having a while, lirm and delicate ticsli, it is Itrought in 

 vast numbers to the city in ppring- and autumn, .and com- 

 mands a ready sale. 



In tlie Chester, Patai>sco and other rivers not remote from 

 Baltimore, s})ecimens of unusual size have occasionally b6en 

 taken, weighing more tlian four pounds. 



AcAu. (!or,i,. 



LUCIOPERCA, Cuv. 



L. .UfERICANA. 



The Yellow Pike-Fercli, or Jack. 



]*ody elongated, cylindrical, ta])ering; proiih' oi' head in ;i 

 gently sloping straight line to the end of tlie snout. Moulli 

 wide, extensive; the lower jaw received into tlic U[)[)er. Vcl- 

 lowish-oliveabove the lateral line; lighter on the sides: silvery 

 beneath. Head and gill-covers mottled with green, brownish 

 and wliite. 



Fin-rays:- D. U;. 1. 21: P. lo: V. 1. o: A. 1. 14; C. ng. 



1j. americana, Valenciennes, 1. p. 1:^2, i)l. K): Kirtland. 

 Zool. Ohio, p. 19, and Bost. Journ., IV. p. 2;5T, pi. 9, lig. 2; 

 Piich. Faun. Dor. Amer., Fishes, ])p. 1(1 and 14: DeKay, New 

 York Fauna, Fish., ]>. IT, 1>1. oO, lig. 10:): Agas. Lake Su})er., 

 p. 294. 



Sthostedu'iii (tni('rlc(i}i>/hi , (Jo[ie. Atlas of ]\Id. 



Scarcely if at all brought to the Ijaltiniore markets, al- 

 though it attains to a large si/e, and is highly prized foi' i'ood 

 in the mountainous regions, where it occurs, it is said to 

 prefer the clear, cool, rapid waters of the higher levels. 



MICROPTEPxUS. Gill. 



M. SALJIOIDE^;. 



The Bhick Bass. 



Elongated oval^ arched: thick' and rounded along llie l>ack; 

 thinner and nearly straight at the hdly. Jlead Xi'vy large 



