Rotes on tl)e Pisf)es and i^ollasl^s of 

 Lal^e Cf)aataQCfaa, Rev ^lorl^.* 



BY 



BARTON WARREX EVERMANN 



EDMUND LEE GOLDS BO ROUGH 



AN IXVITATION. 



IN THE last week in September, 1901, 

 the senior writer of this paper spent 

 four days at Chautauqua Lake, during 

 which time he obtained specimens of most 

 of the species of fishes and moUusks which 

 inhabit it, together with a number of notes 

 and descriptions on some of the more 

 important species. Collecting was done in 

 Clear Creek and Black Creek, small streams 

 entering the lake on the west side at Light- 

 house Point, in the lake about their 

 mouths, and at various places along the 

 north and northeast shores of the lake. 

 Alollusks were also collected at different 

 points about the north end of the lake. 



Lake Chautauqua lies in the central part 

 of Chautauqua County, which is situated in 

 the extreme western part of the State of 

 New York. The lake is a long and narrow 

 body of water with its main axis lying in 

 a northwest and southeasterly direction. 

 The length of the lake is about 22 miles 

 and the width varies from 3 miles to 

 scarcely more than a quarter of a mile in 

 its narrowest place. 



* We have been permitted to print this article through the courtesy of Hon. George !M. Bowers, 

 United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 



