xii CONTENTS. 



PAGK 



ESOCIDtE . . . . . . . . . . 217 



The Mascalonge ....... 220 



The Great Northern Pickerel . . . . . . 224 



The Common Pickerel ...... 227 



The Long Island Pickerel . . . . . . 233 



ANGUILLID^ ........ 237 



The Eel . . . . ' . . . . 237 



PERCIDiE ......... 239 



The American Yellow Perch . . . , . . 239 



The Striped Sea Bass ...... 242 



The Yellow Pike Perch . . . . . . 246 



The Black Bass of the St. Lawrence .... 249 



The Growler . . . . . . . 253 



The Rock Bass . . . . . . .255 



The Common Pond Fish . . . . . . 257 



The Lake Sheep's-Head ...... 259 



The Malasheganat . . . . . . . 261 



SHOAL- AVATER FISHES . . . . . . .263 



PERCID.^ . . . . . . . 264 



The Sea Bass . . . . . . .264 



SCIENIDtE . . . . . . . . 266 



The Lafayette ....... 266 



The Weak Fish . . . . . . . . 268 



The King Fish ....... 270 



The Sllvert Cok\t:na . . . . . . . 272 



The Branded Corvina . . . . . .273 



The Big Drum, and the Banded Drum . . . . 275 



SPARID^ ......... 277 



The Sheep's-Head . . . . . . . 277 



The Big Porgee ....... 280 



SCOMBRIDj^ . . . . . . . . . 282 



The Blue Fish ....... 282 



LABRID^ . '. . . . , . . . 285 

 The Tautog . . . . . . . .285 



DEEP-SEA FISHING . . . . . . . 287 



GADID^ ......... 288 



The Cod . . . . . . . 288 



The American Haddock ...... 290 



The American Whiting . . . . . . 291 



