•J7S 



fii-.st dorsal fin. Small ailiposc lin. iSliie aliovc. tiiiu*;,! wit h 

 green: alxloincn wliite. 



Fiii-rnvK: |). 1.7 : T. 1. 1-J: \' . i'.; A. 1^:1: C IT. 



vl. iihtri ini.-<. ( i iUMil lifi'. \ . ]». 17!^. 



Sihirns iiKiriinis, Mitch. Lit. A' IMiii. Ti'aii. New York', I. 

 p. A'ijW. 



Ci-ah'iclii/iifs iKijij-d. iUw . iSr \;i\., X\',]i. '•'>'.'>. 



— ■ iiKirinns^ DeKay. N«mv ^^)l•k Fauna. 1^'islie.s. ji. 17'*^, |'l. 

 :):, ii-. US (Innl.) 



,'l-'J>irirlil]iiis itKir'nnis^ (iirai'd. Iclilli. I'. S. A" Me. I'onntl., 

 pl. 1-1. 



I'ailfi's Siiiepuxoir a-ujl ("liesjipealce iJays i'l'Dni llie (leean: 

 lint i.s (jnite nn|Hi]nilar ^\■illl tlie ^iroph^ of the sonthern ediin- 

 ties of the Eastern Shore, h is said to l!u^■e hei'onie lessconj- 

 inon than I'onneidy. 



AcAn. Coij.. 



NOTI'RnS. Ilalii 



X. Y\.\\ 



Tlie Yellow Back-tail. Tiic Stoiio Cat-Fish. 



Shape ol' the coinnioii ('a(-I''isli. inil distinguis]ie(i at oiici- 

 hv liaviii,!;' th<- seeoml doi'sal lin. whieh is vei'y huig \.i\\A (h*- 

 eiirront, eonuei'led Avith the tail; it has only rudiments of an 

 immature adipose fin. ;Vnal lin (d<mL;ate. wiihrned hehind. 

 \\ixv\v ami In-ad }"f llo>Yish-<di\'e: sides yrUow: nose, thioal 

 and ah(himen wliitc I'ins sliglitly dnsh-y, diapitauous. 



Fin-rays: — 1). 1.7: V. '>.!: W S: A. 1. 7: < '. VJ. 



(^)nite common in the I'otoimu' Kiver and ( 'anal along t lie 

 houndary of Washington county. It is also in the rot'lc\' 

 parts of the Fatapsco Fiver, and smallei' streams neaf F.alti- 

 more. lji\'es heneath the stones in the streams running 

 through the metamoi'jdiic roclcs in i^altimore county. 



Ac,\i>. Cora.. S. F 



