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examples, for I have seen them nearly 8 inches long, appear to 

 prefer deeper waters. Here they frequently take the bait in- 

 tended for suckers (Cafostomus) . I have seen boys and itinerant 

 gentlemen along the small creeks who apparently were catching 

 strings of a dozen or more of these larger individuals for the pur- 

 pose of serving as food. I have eaten them myself and find them 

 palatable, though on account of their usual small size they are 

 not considered important. Many examples from Crosswicks 

 Creek, near Trenton, have been examined. 



Hypsilepis cormttus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., 

 Xni, 1869, p. 372, fig.— Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868 (1869), p. 

 824.— Abbott, Am. Nat., IV, 1870, p. 100.— Abbott, 1. c. VIII, 

 1874, p. 330. — Abbott, Rep. U. S. F. Com., 1875-76, p. 830. 



Luxilus cornutus Jordan, An. N. Y. Acad. Sci., I, 1879, p. no. 



Minnilus cornutus Abbott, Nat. Rambles, 1885, p. 478. 



Leuciscus spirlmguhis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XVII, 

 1844, p. 239, PL 506. 



Notropis chalybaeus (Cope). 



Minnie. 



Minnie. Notropis chalybceus (Cope). 



This fish which is hardly distinguishable from the next seems 

 to differ only in color, which is altogether less bright and pro- 

 nounced apparently during the breeding season. 



I have no New Jersey examples. When in full breeding dress 

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