122 YELLOW PERCH. 



to the contrary" when they were not abundant 

 in very many of the tributaries of the Ohio : yet 

 I have no doubt many have passed through in the 

 manner mentioned by Mr. Herbert, as has been 

 the case with many other kinds of fish. 



The cut conveys a good idea of its figure : 

 its sides are yellow varying from greenish to a 

 golden hue: its back and sides are banded with 

 seven or eight dark, vertical bars : Pectoral, ven- 

 tral, and anal fins are of a deep golden orange 

 hue : its dorsal and caudal fins are of a greenish 

 brown color. 



Spawns in the month of May : is .a bold biter, 

 and gives good sport, tugging away at the line 

 like a little hero,' for a number of minutes, before 

 giving up. Takes the live or dead minnow eagerly 

 and it also will take the angle worm very well. 

 Its treatment, or that of its eggs and young, 

 need in no particular, differ from the preceding 

 species. 



