392 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i, 



B. Class PISCES. 



II. Order CHONDROSTEI. 



2. Family Acipenserid^. The Sturgeons. 



3. Acipenser rubicundus Le Sueur. Lake sturgeon. 



Rare. 



A large specimen of this species, now in the collection of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, is reported as being from Cayuga Lake. Mr. Seth Green informs me 

 that sturgeons have* occasionally been taken in Cayuga Lake ; but, so far as 

 he knows, they have never been found in any other of the small lakes of 

 central New York. I copy the following letter of recent date from Mr. H. V. 

 Kipp, of Montezuma, N. Y. : " There have not been any sturgeons taken from 

 Cayuga Lake since 1880, but quite a number before that date, and the largest 

 known weighed 35 pounds." (Meek.) 



On June 4, 1905, a specimen four feet long and weighing forty- 

 two pounds was taken at Sheldrake by Dr. L. A. Gould and on 

 December 3, 1908, a specimen (C. U. 5130) weighing fifty pounds 

 was caught in the Seneca and Cayuga canal near Montezuma by 

 William Ferrei and George Wildner. These are the only records 

 of the sturgeon since Meek's list was published. 



III. Order LEPIDOSTEI. 

 3. Family Lepisosteid.s. The Gars. 



4. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Long-nosed gar. 



Rare. " Occasionally taken from the north end of the lake. 

 Not as numerous as they used to be" (Meek). There are in the 

 Cornell University Museum seven specimens taken at the south end 

 of the lake as follows: 



June 17, 1877, in the lower course of Fall Creek. 



June 13, 1894, from shallow water at the head of the lake. 



June 8, 1896, in Fall creek about one half of a mile from the 

 mouth. 



March 26, 1899, from the lake near Ithaca. 



April 17, 1899, from the lake near Ithaca. 



May 28, 1900, from shallow water at the head of the lake. 



August 12, 1908, from the lake near Ithaca. Most of the speci- 

 mens taken here are small, still showing the dark lateral band. 



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