LXXII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
be entirely absent. In the Hocking, Eaccoon, Brush, and White-oak 
creeks, in Ohio, were found the usual river minnows and darters, with 
the young of the larger river fishes, but the creek species were driven 
far up the streams by the unusually high water, and no favorable places 
for seining could be discovered. In the Big and Little Sandy, Kinni- 
kinnik, and Tygert creeks, in Kentucky, newlights, black bass, pike 
perches, and sunfishes were quite abundant, as these streams have 
more fall and a swifter current than those on the Ohio side. In Little 
Miami Eiver the trout perch (Percopsis guttatus ) was common, as it 
was also in the Muskingum. Dr. Henshall thinks these are the first 
instances of its having been taken in southern Ohio, as it was hitherto ' 
supposed to be peculiar to the Great Lakes. It is possible that it has 
found its way to the Ohio basin through the canals. 
Indiana. — Early in September, 1888, Prof. B. W. Evermann began the 
investigation of certain areas in western Indiana whose fishes had not 
previously been studied, continuing the work until cold weather inter- 
fered. He was assisted by Mr. 0. H. Bollman and Mr. A. J. Woolman. 
The following rivers were examined: St. Joseph Eiver, between Mis- 
hawaka and South Bend; Yellow Eiver at Plymouth; Upper Wabash 
Eiver, on several of its tributaries ; Lower Wabash Eiver and its tributa- 
ries; Lower Ohio Eiver, near Evansville and Mount Vernon; and White 
Eiver, at Spencer and. Cataract. An account of the results of this in- 
quiry has been included in Dr. Jordan’s report on the Alleghany region 
of Virginia, etc., referred to above. 
Michigan . — An examination of the lakes and rivers of Michigan was 
begun in 1885 by the fish commissioners of that State, the object of the 
same being to ascertain the results of previous efforts in stocking those 
waters and their suitability for different kinds of food-fishes. A small 
party, composed of regular employes of the State commission, has been 
assigned each summer to this field work, and an account of its re- 
searches down to 1888 will be found in the Seventh and Eighth Bien- 
nial Eeports of the Michigan Fish Commission, published in 1887 and 
1888. Not having had the services of a professional naturalist, the 
results have hitherto, been incomplete from a biological standpoint, 
but by arrangement with the U. S. Fish Commission Mr. Charles H. 
Bollman, assistant in the University of Indiana, was designated as 
ichthyologist during the season of 1888. He was in the field from July 
10 to August 19, when the investigations practically ended. The local- 
ities examined, arranged according to river basins, are as follows : St. 
Joseph Basin: Long, Austin, Indian, Gourd Neck, Eawson, and How- 
ard lakes in Kalamazoo County. Kalamazoo Basin: The main river at 
Battle Creek and Marshall, Cognac, St. Mary’s, Barnum, and Payne 
lakes, Upper and Lower Brace lakes, and Lyon Lake in Calhoun County. 
Blk Basin: Torch and Clam lakes, Eapid Eiver and Spencer Creek in 
Antrim County. 
