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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
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ill the summer of 1888. Whether this wholesale destruction is due to the use of 
dynamite I do not know. This is the explanation given by those living in the country, 
and those interested in preserving this valuable source of food. 
We also heard elsewhere many comiilaiuts regarding the use of dynamite in 
capturing fishes, especially about Hewbiirg, Mo., at Neosho, and at Cabool. At ., 
Neosho, we were informed by the superintendent of the United States Fish Hatchery |l 
that just before our visit several arrests had been made, and that heavy fines had been 
imposed uiion a few persons for taking fishes by illegal methods. The Ozark streams 
are so abundantly supplied with springs that most of the small brooks never go dry 
in the summer, and the water in them is always cool. All streams seen by us seemed 
well adapted for fishes, but before good results can be obtained from stocking them by 
the United States or the State Commission, the wholesale use of dynamite in slaugh- 
teriug the native fishes must be stopped. 
In the present paper are given lists of the species taken in each stream together 
with such notes as seem useful. The species new to science are three, while a few i 
others seem to present some varietal differences. I have also added to the paper the 
record of a few collections made in the same region in former years. 
In the summer of 1886, Prof. E. E. Call, of Des Moines, Iowa, collected fishes in 
Dent and the neighboring counties in Missouri. In 1888, the writer collected a few 
fishes in Spadra Creek near Clarksville, Ark. The writer has been esiiecially indebted j 
to the assistance of Mr. Eettger and Mr. Drew while in the field, and he is also under ■ 
obligations to Dr. D. S. Jordan and Dr. C. H. Gilbert for help in doubtful identifica^ ^ !| 
tions, and for many valuable suggestions. . j" I 
The new species described are as follows : ‘ 
Zygonectes macdonaldi. Jones Creek and Osage Fork of the Gasconade. ! 
Etheostoma jiiliae. James Eiver. ». ^ i, 
Notropis ozarcanus. North Fork of the White River. f V 
I have also described two new subspecies,; " 
Notropis telescopus arcansanus. Mammoth Spring. ; 
Notropis atherinoides caddonis. Little Red and Caddo Rivers. if 5 
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July 17. — The party met at St. Louis and took the train to Rolla. ^ 
July 18. — Collected in the Little Dry Fork of the Meramec River. ; ' 
July 19. — Collected in Meramec Spring outlet, and in the Big Dry Fork of the Meramec River. i~' 
July 20. — Collected in Little Piney River near Newhurg, Mo., and in the Meramec River near St.' ^ \ 
James, Mo. i J 
July 22. — Collected in the Gasconade and Little Piney near Arlington, Mo. ^ i 
July 23.— Went to Dixon, Mo. f > 
July 24, — Collected in Jones Creek and the Marais Eiver. Went to Marshfield, Mo. . 
July 25, 26. — Collected in the Osage Fork of the Gasconade and in the river near Marshfield, Mo. T] 
July 27. — Went to Neosho, Mo. f I I 
July 20. — At Neosho. £ | 1 
July 30. — Collected in Hickory Creek and Shoal Creek, and went to Springfield, Mo., same evening. ® * ' 
July 31. — Collected in the James Eiver and the Sac River near Springfield, Mo. 
August 1, 2. — Went to Mansfield. Collected in the Lock Fork of the Gasconade and in Bryant’s Creek. 
Went to Cabool, Mo. 
August :i. — Collected in Big Piney, and the North Pork of the White near Cahool ; went to Mammoth 
Spring, Ark. 
