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the State, having an area of only about 206 square miles. It lies be- 
tween the Cumberiand River and the Tennessee State line, its surface 
being hilly and broken by the deeply-cut valleys of the water courses. 
The central Poplar Mountain range and other elevations form a water- 
shed, dividing the county into two districts of nearly equal extent; 
the northern of these drains directly into the Cumberiand River, 
while the other drains into the same river in Tennessee, through Obeys 
River. The total number of species obtained from all the streams was 
Bo: 
In the summer of 1890,\Mr. Albert J. Woolman, assisted by Mr. H. 
W. Monical and Mr. C. O. Chambers, all students in Indiana Univer- 
sity, made a very extensive and thorough investigation with regard to 
the fishery resources of Kentucky, their fieldwork beginning in July 
and continuing until near the middle of September. All of the prin- 
cipal river systems were visited, and very careful observations were 
made upon their physical characteristizs, as well as upon the variety, 
abundance, and distribution of their fishes. The observations embraced 
not only the main stream in each basin but also a greater or less num- 
ber of its tributaries. In his report* Mr. Woolman gives a detailed 
description of all of these features, and also has taken pains to incor- 
porate the results of several previous collecting trips to this State by 
assistants of Indiana University. The collection of fishes obtained 
was especially large and interesting, and was noteworthy as containing 
nearly all the known species of darters. 
Work was begun near the center of the State, in the Rolling Fork 
of Salt River, and was carried thence westward to the Green River, 
Tradewater River, the lower Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, May- 
field Creek, Obion River and the Bayou de Chien, in the extreme south- 
western part of the State. Subsequently the party proceeded to the 
upper Cumberland and Tennessee rivers in eastern Kentucky, the 
upper Kentucky, Big and Little Sandy and Licking rivers. More work 
was done in the mountainous regions than elsewhere, leaving some of 
the lower streams to be investigated at a future time. The greatest 
number of species of fishes taken in any one basin was 64, in the Upper 
Green River and its tributaries. 
FLORIDA. 
During December, 1890, and January, 1891, Mr. A. J. Woolman, ac- 
companied by Prof. Louis Rettger, made an examination of the fresh- 
water streams occupying the western slope of Florida between Charlotte 
Harbor and the Suwanee River. Beginning operations in the vicinity 
of Punta Gorda and proceeding northward, the following rivers, to- 
gether with their tributaries, were visited in succession, namely: Alli- 
gator, Peace, Hillsboro, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe, the last mentioned 
“Report of an examination of the rivers of Kentucky, with lists of the fishes 
obtained. By Albert J.Woolman. Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., x, 1890, pp. 249-288, pl. LI. 
