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13. Dorosoma cepedianum (Le Sueur). Mud shad; Hickory shad. Abundant in the sluggish waters 
of this stream. 
14. Zygonectes notatus (Rafinesque). Top-minnow. Common. 
15. Gambusia patruelis (Baird and Girard). Top-minnow. Plentiful. 
16. Lucius vermiculatus (Le Sueur). Pickerel. Not common. 
17. Labidesthes sicculus Cope. Brook silversule. Only five specimens taken. 
18. Aphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams). Pirate perch. Only one specimen taken. Scales, 46 . 
19. Pomoxis annularis Rafinesque. Calico bass. Common. 
20. Pomoxis sparoides (Lacepede). Crappie; Calico bass. Common. 
21. Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuv. & Val.). War-mouth. Plentiful; specimens all small. 
22. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Long-eared sunfisli. Very common. 
23. Lepomis macrochira (Rafinesque). Several specimens were taken, all smaller than those from 
the Tradewater River. Length, 30 millimeters. 
24. Micropterus dolomieu Laedpbde. “ Trout.” Common. 
25. Micropterus salmoides (Lacdpede). Big-mouthed trout. Less common than M. dolomieu. 
26. Etheostoma shumardi (Girard). Not common. 
27. Etheostoma caprodes (Rafinesque). Log perch. Rare. 
28. Etheostoma aspro (Cope and Jordan). Black-sided darter. Only three small specimens taken. 
29. Etheostoma ouachitae Jordan and Gilbert (?). One specimen, too small to be positively iden- 
tified. 
30. Aplodinotus grunniens (Rafinesque). White perch; Drum. A common and much valued food -fish. 
BAYOU DE CHIEN. 
Bayou de Clrien, near Moscow, July 29; water temperature, 68° F. One collecting 
station was just north of Moscow, and another about 3 miles west of that place. Bayou 
de Ohien is a large, sluggish stream, rising in the southern part of Graves County, 
and flowing in a westerly direction for about 20 miles, to the Mississippi River. Mos- 
cow is about midway of its course, and it is there about 15 yards wide, with low, pre- 
cipitous banks. The stream is very crooked, and is almost tilled with logs, brush, and 
roots. The bottom consists of a fine soft mud, varying from a few inches to a few feet 
in depth. No vegetable life whatever was found growing in it. The low temperature 
of the water can be accounted for by the facts that the stream flows for nearly its 
entire length through woods and that it is fed chiefly by cold springs. The depth 
of the water varies from 3 to 5 feet between the ripples. On either side of the stream, 
from a quarter to a half mile, the country is very low, overflowing in the winter and 
spring with back water from the Mississippi River. This tract is covered with a dense 
growth of oaks, hickories, cypress, and water-birch. Its soil is a hard white clay, unfit 
for cultivation. Beyond this strip of lowland the country is undulating and has a 
rich soil, well adapted to agriculture, and producing fine crops of corn, wheat, clover, 
tobacco, and, formerly, cotton. 
The stream is well stocked with fishes, but is much better adapted to the more 
sluggish varieties, such as suckers, carp, catfish, etc. Sunfishes were also found in 
abundance ; black bass were plentiful but they lacked the alertness and activity of 
those living in clear swift streams. I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to the 
citizens of Moscow for their kindness and assistance while working there. 
F. C. B. 1890—18 
