U(» 



'l^liis is tlio coDi'jiou (xudj^eon, wliicli runs from Clicsapeake 

 r.ay into t\iv iVosli watei's of our hraiiches. In Die l^atapseo 

 I'ivrT it I'lms in Alay, anil llicn ;ii1'or!ls line s])ort to tlieaTi;j'- 

 lers. 



Ai-'.\l». rnl.!,. 



XXXIX.— Ml GIUDyK. 



:uu(:;jL, Artcii. 



1 . ?»I. Al.TiULA, 



The White Mullet. 



Body almost cylindrical, tapcriniL;-. Head moderate. Eyes 

 covered with a iJiick skin. Scales oii iiead and hudy lar<;-e 

 and rounded. Li]),s tliin, tincly pectinated, with membrane- 

 ous slips. ()f n.uiform Avhite color, ratlier darker alouji,' tlie 

 sides of the l)ack, witli a lew (hu'k-c.oioi'e(l lonj^'itudinal stripies. 

 wli id 1 occur in mriuv specimens. ( 'audal tin with a Idackisli 

 herdci'. 



iMu-rays: — 1). 4. 1. S; [\ ]:,: V. 1. :>: A. !. C: C. lo. 



M. (ilhiiiii. Ji. S_yst. 1 j>. ■"i'ifi, IVom Catesb. South, (jarnl. 

 11 1)1. ('.; Mitch, l/it. c'v'Phil. Trans. IS'ew York, 1 p. -147: 

 (^*uv. iV Val. W j>. Ill: l)(d\ay, New V.^-k Faun;!, l^'islies, 

 p. lie. 



Brou^dit to the r)aliinn)i'c markets from tlie salt-water oi' 

 the soutliern past of (/liesapeake j>ay. It enters tlic Ba\-. 

 from tlie ocean, Init netliine; is re])(irted as to its spawning- in 

 our region. 



2. i\I. LTXEATTS. 



The Striped Mullet. 



Body cylindrical: tlie outline of the back nearly as convex 

 as that of the abdomen. Scales large, and easily detached. 

 Head smaller than in most of the species; eyes large, with a 

 thick skin. l*nri)lish bi'own above: lightei' on the sides, witli 

 ten or twelve dark brown loiigitudimi! stiapes, whicli disap- 



