7 -NOTES ON A COLLECTION OE FISHES FROM THE SOUTHERN TRIBUTA- 
RIES OF THE CUMBERLAND RIVER IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE. 
BY PHILIP H. KIRSCH, 
State Fish Commissioner of Indiana. 
All of the specimens noted in the present paper were collected by the writer in 
the southern tributaries of the Cumberland River between Nashville, Tenn., and the 
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, during the period from August 18 to September 9, 1891. 
The streams examined may be grouped as follows : 
Stone River : 
1. West Fork Stone River near Murfreesboro, 
Tenn. 
Spring Creek : 
1. Spring Creek, Spring Creek Station, Tenn. 
Round Lick : 
1. Round Lick, Watertown, Tenn. 
Caney Fork River: 
1. Caney Fork near Lancaster, Tenn. 
2. Smith Fork near Lancaster, Tenn. 
Roaring River : 
1. Roaring River near Windle, Tenn. 
2. Spring Creek at Netherland, Tenn. 
Obeys River : 
1. Obeys River at Olympus, Tenn. 
2. Eagle Creek near Olympus, Tenn. 
3. Wolf River near Byrdstown, Tenn. 
Cumberland River: 
1. Cumberland River, Cumberland County, 
Ky. 
2. Willis Creek, Cumberland County, Ky. 
Beaver Creek : 
1. Beaver Creek, Wayne County, Ky. 
2. Otter Creek, Wayne County, Ky. 
Big South Fork of the Cumberland River: 
1. Little South Fork, Whitley County, Ky. 
2. Canada Creek, Whitley County, Ky. 
3. Big South Fork, near Whitley Station, Ky. 
4. Rock Creek, near Whitley Station, Ky. 
5. New River at New River Station, Tenn. 
6. Brimstone Creek near New River Station, 
Tenn. 
STONE RIVER. 
Stone River is formed in Rutherford County, Tennessee, by the confluence of the 
East and West Forks; it takes a northwesterly course through Davidson County and 
flows into the Cumberland River about 12 miles above Nashville. 
The West Fork, near Murfreesboro, Tenn., August 20: This stream was seined for 
a distance of 1 mile below Murfreesboro. The river at this point has a width of 175 
to 200 feet ; the banks are generally low ; the bottom of the channel is mostly of cherty 
limestone. 
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