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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The following account of each of the streams examined is taken from the field 
notes of Mr. Kirsch : 
THE TBUNESSEE BASIK 
1. Pin-lioolc Greek, Huntsville^ May 28, 1889. Temperature 74° Fah. Water clear, 
flowing swiftly; bottom of blue limestone. Stream about 40 feet wide on the ripiiles 
and literally full of fishes, but no darters were obtained. 
2. Spring Greek, Huntsville, May 27. Temperature 65° Fah. This small stream 
about 18 feet wide is formed by a single spring in the town of Huntsville. It is about 
one-fourth of a mile long and flows into Pin-hook Creek. Its bottom is similar to that 
of the former. It is full of fishes, darters being very numerous. 
3. Veta Wright Greek, Decatur, June 1. A small stream 3 miles south of the town, 
about 15 feet wide and 3 feet deep, rather sluggish, the ripples covered with loose 
rocks of limestone and flint. In the deep holes are sticky mud and occasional large 
rocks. There is much driftwood. This stream flows northward into the Tennessee. 
Crayfishes are abundant. 
4. Mallett Greek, Hillshorough, June 8, temi>erature 70° Fah. This is a small 
stream about 12 feet wide, with deep holes and many ripples. The bottom is sandy 
and smooth. Suuflsh, pike, and catfish abound ; but few darters and minnows. 
5. Spring Greek, Gourtland, June 7. A cold stream rising in three or four springs. 
It has few ripples, a channel mostly deep and narrow, water swift. At some places it 
broadens into wide ponds. Examined at a point 3J miles northeast of Courtland, 
Rock bass were especially abundant. Eighteen, taken from a single hole, averaged 2 
pounds each. 
6. Big Nance Greek at Gourtland, June 7. A clear, cold, clean stream, about 4 
feet wide. Bottom of limestone and flint with much loose rock. From the mill pond 
at Courtland down the stream for about a mile there are many ripples. Below that, 
for 2 miles or more, the water is deep and flows slowly, and fish are very abundant. 
7. Spring Branch, Tuscumhia, June 6. Temperature 52° Fah. This stream is 
formed by a single spring, is about one-eighth of a mile long, and flows into Spring 
Creek. The water is cold, clear, and swift. The bottom is strewn with rocks, and in 
many places overgrown with weeds. The stream contains little except darters and blob. 
8. Gypress Greek at Florence, June 5. Temperature 68° Fah. A beautiful stream, 
about 75 feet wide, the water deep, the bottom a solid bed of flinty rock; but few 
ripples. The stream is full of small fish. 
THE ALABAMA BASIN. 
TEIBUTAEIES OF THE BLACK WAEEIOE EIVEE. 
1. Mulberry River at Blount Springs, May 25. This stream is about 100 yards wide 
at the ford 2 miles from the town. It flows over a solid bed of rock, covered with 
many loose stones. The rocks dip upstream and crop out in large shelves. 
2. Stone Greek, Blount Springs, May 25. A tributary of Mulberry River, so filled 
with irregular large rocks that seining is almost impossible, 
