BULLETIN 



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VOL. 5. SALEM, MASS., SEPT., 1873. No. 9. 



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FIELD MEETING AT CHEBACCO POND, TUESDAY, 

 AUGUST 12, 1873. 



[Continued.] 



MR. F. W. PUTNAM spoke on the fishes of the pond 

 and gave an account of the general structure of fishes, and 

 of the characteristic habits of several species, especially 

 noting the mode of spawning of the horned pout and 

 the bream, and the care which the pouts take of their 

 young for some time after they leave the spawning nest. 



The fishes taken with the seine by himself and Mr. 

 Cooke during the morning consisted of the following 

 species : 



Pimelodus catus, Horned Pout, not fully grown ; Esox reticulatus, 

 Pickerel, not fully grown ; Leuciscus Americanus, Shiner, adults and 

 young specimens about one inch in length; Leuciscus pulchellus, Chub, 

 young specimens; Perca flavescens, Perch, adults and half-grown spec- 

 imens ; Labrax rufus, White Perch, adults ; Pomotis vulgaris, Bream, 

 adults, and young of from one-half to one inch in length ; Hololepis 

 fusiformis, Little Darter, adults. 



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