NOTES ON NK\V JERSEY FISHES. 381 



In the Delaware Kiver, at XewboltPs Island, Burlington county, 

 the young were common about the more grassy places, though all 

 small and rather dull-colored, August 13th, 1908. 



Mr. Vanderveer says this is very common in the Delaware, often in 

 pools and creeks. 



Common in the Delaware about Burlington Island. 



Micropterus dolomieu Lac6pede. 

 Small Mouthed Black Bass. 



Introduced into Sluice Creek above the "beaver dam/' basin of 

 Dennis Creek, in Cape May county. 



Family PERCID-ffi. 



Perca flavescens (Mitchill) 

 Yellow Perch. 



Fishermen reported a few to occur in Raccoon Creek, at Bridgeport, 

 Gloucester county. One seen taken by a fisherman on April 19th, 

 1908. 



Reported scarce in Sluice Creek, tributary of Dennis Creek, in Cape 

 May county. 



Mr. J. B. Yanderveer says it ascends the Delaware rather scattered 

 in the spring or about several to a bunch, and these bunches moving 

 close along shore. It ascends also the creeks and meadow streams, 

 and deposits about Trenton. 



Boleosoma nigrum olmstedi (Storer). 

 Tessellated Darter. 



In the Delaware, at XewbolcTs Island, Burlington county, they 

 W<TC abundant about the mouth of the inlet on sandy bottoms. All 

 \v?re adults, but of a pale straw color, none in the dress of the breed- 

 ing-male. August 13th, 1908. 



Seen in shallow runs on Burlington Island. 



