8 THK FISHES OF OHIO. 



This was followed in January, 1889, by a second paper, more 

 general in its nature, adding forty species noted at various points 

 in the state, and making a state list of a hundred and ten species 

 noted by himself. Localities were given for all the species 

 mentioned. 



In 1892 appeared " A Descriptive List of the fishes of Lorain 

 County, Ohio," as "Laboratory Bulletin No. 2," of Oberlin 

 College, by Mr. L. M. McCormick. This list includes eighty- 

 eight species ' ' resting upon specimens preserved in the museum, ' ' 

 with brief descriptions, and notes on occurrence and habits, and 

 with plates of eighteen species. 



In 1893, Dr. Philip H. Kirsch, at that time Fish Commis- 

 sioner of Indiana, investigated the Maumee River and its tribu- 

 taries, under the direction of the U. S. Commission of Fish and 

 Fisheries. Kirsch' s paper, " Report upon Investigations in the 

 Maumee River Basin During the Summer of 1893 " (Bull. U. S. 

 Fish Com., 1894), includes a list of eighty-seven species of fishes, 

 with descriptions of the streams and lakes of the system, and 

 many interesting notes. The report includes the unpublished 

 notes of a small collection of fishes made in Defiance County by 

 Prof. S. E. Meek, in 1887. Although the investigations covered 

 portions of the Maumee Basin in Indiana and Michigan as well as 

 in Ohio, the occurrences for each locality are definitely noted, 

 and eighty-two of the eighty-seven species mentioned by Kirsch 

 are recorded for localities in Ohio. 



In the summer of 1897, Mr - B. B. Williamson and the writer 

 investigated the streams of Franklin County, and published the 

 results in a paper entitled ' ' A List of the Fishes of Franklin 

 County, Ohio, with a description of a new species of Etheostoma, 

 by R. C. Osburn and E. B. Williamson " (Sixth Annual Proceed- 

 ings of the Ohio State Academy of Science, 1898). The list 

 includes sixty-nine species, with occurrence notes, and some color 

 notes on the rarer species, together with many breeding dates, 

 and a table showing distribution. 



A somewhat similar investigation was carried on in the sum- 

 mer of 1898, by Messrs. J. B. Parker, E. B. Williamson and the 

 writer, and the results appeared in the' Seventh Annual Proceed- 

 ings of the Ohio State Academy of Science, 1899, under the title, 



