ik; 



Widely distrihiitcd in tlie iinict and i;-i'a.ssy tributarios of 

 tlie tide-water region ol' Ixitli shores, 3[ucli esteemed . par- 

 ticularly by tlic farmer.s of the inore eeiitral couiitie.s. Sold 

 in the towns of AVoreester county l)y lineksters, wh<> trans- 

 port tliem iu liglit wag'(Uis from place to place. The placid 

 ereeks of tlie marshes honlering and Goiiufcting with Sine- 

 jtuxent and Newport Bays. \vliei'e the u\'//ii//tfi<c(i oifora/x nud 

 JJi-(isciiiii nrlhili' grow Inxnriantl}', are the t'avoriie haunts cil 

 these tish. and there they may lie seen ha.^king at thesurlJUH' 

 in the full suu-hlazc of a. summer's day, 



Acad. Coll, 8. 1. 



;>. E. -XWEK. 



The Varied Tickerel. 



Body cylindrical, with its npper snrtace much liattened. 

 U])pcr part of head witli a deep, longitudinal groove. 

 Dorsal tin higher than h)ng, its margin much rounded.. 

 Dark hrownish-black ahove, descending in irregular dark clouds 

 a short distance on the sides. Sides greenish-yellow, with 

 irregular vertical. l)r(Avn stripes descending on the belly. 

 Dorsal and caudal tins dark brown: a short dark band fi'nm 

 tiie eye to the angle of the jaw. 



Fin-rays:— D. 13: V. To; \. \): A. 14; C. lll^ 



E. iii.(jcr, (ruentlicr. VI. ]). 22'.l. 



i'7.yo,/' sv())uOcri>r.s. jMitchiil. 



— ni(/c/\ Ijcsueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. I. [). -lio, 



—cniiericaun.s, Cuv. et A'^al. XVII 1. ]>. :]'!'.). 



—fd.sciotns, DcKay, New Yoric Faun. Fisli, j). 2 lit, [d. [Jl, 

 tig. nO: Cope. Froc. Acad. Nat. Sc Fhil. \^{^:^. p. T'.t. 



In Maryland, jirnbablv contined to the Eastern Siiore. 

 Specimens scarcely, if at all, now reach tlie J3altimoie 

 markets, 



