308 L. Agassiz on Fishes from Tennessee River. 
stomach; they however bite occasionally at a minnow. 
E'soces, Cuv. (Joh. Miller.)—Though we have only the genus 
Esox representing this family in North America, it is perhaps not 
superfluous for me to state that I agree with the modifications 
J. Miller has introduced in this group since it was first established 
by Cuvier. We have one species from the Tennessee River, 
called Pike at Huntsville. 
misapplication of English names to our native animals, which has 
already led to somuch confusion. Unless applied as a generi¢ apel- 
lation, the name Pike must be retained for the European “ 
Lucius, to which only it belongs by right; whilst the Belg 
Pickerel designates the young of that fish. It would be quite at 4 
advisable to introduce in our scientific nomenclature the eye . 
Calf to distinguish the Bisons from the type of our domesticat 
cattle, as to apply the name Pickerel to any particular specles ” 
set of species of the genus Esox. 
(To be continued.) 
