170 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1884. 



The amouot of financial assistance received from Government sources 

 has varied very much. At times (1880-'84:) it has amounted to consid- 

 erably more than the actual expenses of exploration and collection. 

 At other times it has simply met the cost of the alcohol used. Aid of 

 varying amount has also been given by Butler University and, since 

 1879, by the University of Indiana. These details are, however, foreign 

 to the present purpose. I here give a brief account of the different 

 excursions for field work in ichthyology, made by my associates and 

 myself, with a list of the localities explored. 



1875. 



In the spring and fall of 1875, extensive collections were made in 

 White Eiver and its tributaries about Indianapolis, by the late Prof. 

 Herbert E. Gopeland and myself. A list of the species obtained is 

 published in the Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, of New York, 

 1877, pp. 375-377. Some collections were also made by Professor Cope- 

 land in Wisconsin and by myself at the Falls of the Ohio and about 

 Cumberland Gap. 



1876. 



In the summer of 1876 I made an extended collecting tour in the 

 Southern States, accompanied by Mr. Charles H. Gilbert, who was then 

 a botanical student under Professor Copeland. A small collection was 

 obtained in the Eock Castle Eiver, at Livingston, Ky. About three 

 weeks were spent by us at Eome, Ga. Here the streams tributary to 

 the Etowah, Oostanaula, and Coosa Eivers were very thoroughly ex- 

 plored. A few days were also spent at Flat Shoals, on South Eiver, a 

 tributary of the Ocmulgee, southeast of Atlanta. Small collections 

 were also made in Peach Tree Creek and in Nancy's Creek, tributaries 

 of the Chattahoochee, near Atlanta. 



This expedition represents the first attempt to study the fresh- water 

 fishes of Georgia, and the collection then made is much larger than 

 any since obtained in that State. The results of this summer's work 

 have been published by me, under the title of "A Partial Synopsis of 

 the Fishes of Upper Georgia," in the Annals of the Lyceum of Natural 

 History of New York, XI, 1877, p. 307 et seq. 



1877. 



In 1877 a more extended tour in the Alleghany region of the. Southern 

 States was undertaken by the writer, with the assistance of Dr. Alem- 

 bert W. Brayton and Mr. Gilbert. Numerous streams were examined, 

 representing the following hydro w graphic basins: Santee, Savannah, 

 Altamaha, Chattahoochee, Alabama, Tennessee, Cumberland. A de- 

 tailed report of these explorations was published by Jordan and Bray- 

 ton in Bulletin XII of the U. S. National Museum, 1878, under the title, 

 " On the Distribution of the Fishes of the Alleghany Eegion of South 



