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powder, Back, Magothy, Patapsco and Patuxent rivers, but 

 recently thej have failed to appear in them ; or, as in theN. 

 W. Branch of the Patapsco, only a few noAv enter to run to- 

 warda the fresher waters. 



While in the oyster districts, the Drum, Shecpshead, Porgy , 

 Bay Trout, and Blue-fish or Tailor, form the principal fisheries, 

 in the briny Avaters of the lower parts of the Bay and its 

 estuaries, the Pig-fish and Spot are most highly esteemed and 

 sought for, 



Sinepuxent Bay and its connecting inlets are well supplied 

 with Tailors, Bay Trout, Spots, Drum, Sheepshead, Yellow- 

 tail, (called White Perch there,) Black Perch, and Black 

 Will. In the Monocacy, upper Potomac and Susquehanna 

 above tide-water, the Fall fish and a variety of smaller kinds 

 of the same group form no inconsiderable part of the food of 

 the districts. All the tributaries of the upper Potomac are 

 now stocked, more or less considerably, with the Black Bass, 

 which is eagerly fished for by the people of the adjacent 

 counties. 



Nor are the various species of Pike overlooked in the slug- 

 gish streams lying near to tide-water; but, one of Avhich, the 

 Esox reticitlatus, is sent in winter in large numbers to Balti- 

 more, and from this place is distributed by rail and Avagon to 

 the farmers of Carroll, Frederick and Baltimore counties. 



The present list embraces every species of fish, certainly 

 knoAvn by one or other member of our Section of Ichthyology, 

 to have been caught in Maryland Avaters; excepting a few only 

 of Avhich the names have not yet been ascertained. Every, 

 opportunity has been embraced to obtain full series of the 

 fish of this State, and the results of this activity may be seen 

 in the large collection of specimens uoav on cxbibitiou in the 

 Museum of the Maryland Academj' of Sciences, and where 

 they are daily open to the inspection of the public, free of 

 charge for admission. 



To the kind attentions of Professors Baird and Gill we are 

 indebted for advice and aid, in the recognition of the latest 

 system of nomenclature in the larger groups, and in the 

 names of particular fish. 



