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medianly. Side with about a dozen or less vertical pale or dilute 

 silvery narrow bars, crowded on costal region, and far apart on 

 tail. Dorsal pale brownish margined with pale or whitish. Cau- 

 dal pale brownish, and posterior margin dilute greenish. Iris 

 dilute brassy. Crosswicks Creek near Trenton, N. J., May 9th, 

 1905. Very abundant in the shallow pools and runs on the flats 

 They appear very differently colored from the adults, many of 

 which, all much larger, as to be expected, were taken with them. 

 However, I did not notice any males deeply pigmented, or more 

 or less blackish, like those taken at Cape May Point May 7th, 

 1905. An adult female in the ornatus stage, with the same data 

 as the one described above was brownish in life. Scales on back 

 with slightly brownish centers, and those on sides forming imbri- 

 cated diamonds of fine blackish dots. A pale silvered reflection 

 from above costal region to caudal. Peritoneum showing through 

 abdominal walls whitish with little reflection. Fins translucent. 

 Caudal brownish with a slightly ruddy tint. Dorsal with uniform 

 dull brown. Pectoral, anal and ventral dilute brownish. Side of 

 head, especially opercle, with brassy reflections, and cheek tinted 

 with dull azure. Examples in both of the above described stages 

 are found at all seasons of the year, equally common with the 

 adult examples, which breed in the Delaware. 



This interesting little fish was found in abundance May 7th. 

 1905, swimming in the lower waters of the small creek at Cape 

 May Point. This stream flows directly into the salt water of the 

 bay side. At its mouth but few of the fish occur, though thirty 

 yards or so above they are abundant in numerous schools or 

 shoals along the shallows of the banks, which are formed of 

 sand. We did not notice them to any extent above these places 

 or other than where the stream passes over the sandy beach. 

 They were easily frightened into the deeper waters or channel 

 by any sudden movement, though not at all disturbed by loud 

 talking or other noise. Provided there is no movement on the 

 banks one may watch them conduct their spawning for a long 

 time. They do not remain in the channel long, but soon swim 

 up in the shallows close to the shore, and often when the orgasm 

 takes place they are more or less out of the water. The usual 

 method is for a male to swim rather nervously alongside a female 



