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ward OA-er the pectoral and, in the specimen examined, becomes 

 interrupted in its posterior half. The dorsal origin is over the 

 12th scale of the lateral line and nearly over the ventral origin. 

 The dorsal base is a little more than half as long as the head, 

 and the longest ray is as long as the head. The ventral reaches 

 to the anal origin. The anal base is half as long as the head 

 and the longest anal ray is four fifths as long as the head. The 

 caudal is moderately forked. D. 8; A. 7; V. 8; P. 13. Scales 

 .5-32 to 34-3; teeth 4-4. Length of specimen described, from 

 Havre de Grace Md., 2^ inches. Color in spirits light brov^n, 

 the belly pale and lower half of head silvery. A narrow dark 

 line along the top of the back and a narrow dark median band 

 continued forward on the nose. Fins all pale. In life the body 

 is olivaceous with a dark lateral stripe. The long tail suggests 

 the name p r o c n e , a kind of swallow. 



The shiner is found from western New York to Maryland. 

 Prof. Cope found it abundant in the tributaries of the Delaware 

 and Susquehanna, in slow moving streams. It reaches the 

 length of 2| inches. 



Eugene Smith records it as " very plentiful in the small 

 brooks directly running into tide w^ater. It appears to approach 

 the sea more closely than any other minnow, though it is never 

 found in brackish water. It delights in strong currents, but 

 in captivity lives well in the aquarium, feeding voraciously. It 

 is almost entirely carnivorous. The Palisade ridge is probably 

 the furthest limit of this species towards the east. It is met 

 with in company of the suckers and the roach." 



It has proved an excellent bait for the game fishes. 



83 Notropis hudsonius (DeWitt Clinton) 

 Spawn-eater; Smelt 



Clupca hmlsovia De Witt Clinton, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. I, 49. pi. 



2, fig. 2. 1824 {fide Gunther). 

 Lcucisctis hud .son ills De Kay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 206, pi. 34, fig. 100, 1842. 



(Hudson river and tributaries) 

 Ilubopsis Inuhonius Cope, Cypr. Penna. 386, pi. 12. fig. 3, 1866. 

 Clidld hudauiiia Joiidan & Gilbert, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus. 171, 1883. 



