148 



the ])(';i(l, cxtciuliijg- to the (Mid of the siiuiit : ;i central one cii 

 llie siiniiirit o( the lieael, a\ illi its ciitirt' maijAiii free. Head 

 vory small, flattened al)Ove, with liivxv and distant eyes. 

 Olive-o'reen al)Ove, Ijohtcr ow the sides: wliitisli, linked witli 

 yellowisli, on the aT)donien. 



Fill-rays: -D. II; V. 17: V. Ci: A. II: ('. -ill. 

 l'\ ri,-i(fcsc('/is, Sc]i<e]iff, JU'nhach. del' Xatiirl'. etc.. vol. 

 Vlll. ]>. 172: N.'ii. Hist, of N.mv \nrk. p. 217. pi. :!l. ti-. 



/L/)fr<iri///i (f ii/sctilciifii ^ Mitt'hill. Stoi'er's: Syn. "t' the lislics 

 of N. A. in Mem. Am. Acad, of Aits and Seicnces, vol. 11. 

 p. 4:52. 



Common in tlic l)racki.sh waters of the Western Shore on the 

 Bay side. l\i the regions of the Pataj»sco, they live in shal- 

 low waters, wdiere small ciceks and hivmelies empty into tin' 

 estu.aries. Their hahits are earnivorons, and they hnd wel- 

 come food in the heaeli-fleas, which ahonnd in such ]daces. 



A('.\n. ( 'oi,i,. 



2. F. \\\<ci sTi's. 



The Miid-])al)bler, Striped Killie-Iisli, or May-fish. 



Body ohlong, somewhat compressed. Idcad de])ressed. 

 Dusky greenish on the h;ick' : (hirker on the head ahove, 

 Sides hrassy-yellow, tinged with green : lighter lieneath. 

 Along the sides arc faint indications of dusky hai's, which 

 become on the tail distincth" marked l)lack hars, or lines of 

 interru])ted hiaclc dots. licsides these bars tlicre are ahso 

 from two to live irregular, longitudimil stripes of various 

 lengths. Dorsal and anal with numerous white dots. 



Fin-rays:— D. 14: W 15: \^ d; A. 11: C. 2:i. 



F. fa.scidln.s, Scha-pf^ Beohaeli. Xtlr. Fr.. vol. \"in,p. 

 173; Kat. Hist, of New York, ]>. '2\{\, ]A. ;!2, lig. US. 



HlldrdTijiira fiisridfo , Schn.; Storer's Syno])S. ot'the Fishes 

 of N. A. in ^Tem. of the Am. Acad, of ;\rt and Sciences, vol. 

 TI,p.4:52. 



This <ish is ahundant in the tide-water of creeks, emiitying 

 into the Patapsco and i\I;ig-othy rivers; it is very variahle in 



