EXPLORATIONS OF THE ALLEGHANY REGION AND WESTERN INDIANA. 127 
G.— THE NEUSE RIVER. 
The Neuse Eiver is one of the largest streams of eastern North Carolina. It rises 
in the middle-northern part of the State and flows east through the pine woods, dis- 
charging its waters through a broad estuary into Pamlico Sound. 
Collections were made at three points in the basin of the Neuse. 
1. Neuse River at Millburnie, near Ealeigh, N. 0., August 27. A dam built upon a 
ledge of granite crosses the river at Millburnie. Below the dam the river flows rap- 
idly over rocks, with falls and rapids, and among the rocks are many deep holes and 
pools. The rocks are in many places covered with river-weeds {Podostemon, etc.). 
Below the rocky district are deep holes, with shoals and ripples, the bottom being 
largely sandy or gravelly. The water in the river, although low, was quite muddy. 
This is an excellent locality for collecting. Specimens taken in Neuse Eiver, at Mill- 
burnie, are marked N in the following list: 
2. Little River at Goldsborough. August 29 ; temperature 78°. Collections were 
made in Little Eiver, near its junction with the Neuse, at points above and below 
where it is crossed by the railroad from Ealeigh. The stream flows through a level 
region. It consists of deep holes with intervening shoals, the former with bottom of 
mud or sand, the shoals sandy or gravelly. Tlie bottom of the river is full of sub- 
merged logs and snags. The water is clear, but stained somewhat brown from the 
drainage of cypress swamps. Specimens from Little Eiver are marked L. 
3. Moccasin Swamp. — Moccasin Swamp is a stream flowing through a cypress swamp 
and emptying into the Neuse below Goldsborough. The Swamp was not visited, but 
numerous specimens of food-fishes were obtained from a fisherman who had seined 
the Swamp at a point about 15 miles from Goldsborough. The species obtained are 
marked M in the following list : 
1. Amia calva Linnaeus. M. “Black Fish.” 
Common in the swamps. 
2. Noturus furiosus Jordan <fe Meek. L., N. “ Tabby Cat;” “ Mad Tom.” 
Common in the Neuse Eiver at Millburnie, where fifteen specimens were taken. 
One specimen taken in the Little Eiver and one in the Tar. 
Specimens were taken at Goldsborough in 1877 by Brayton and Gilbert. 
This species is closely allied to Noturus miurtis, from which it differs in its 
much larger spines and more pronounced coloration. 
3. Noturus insignis (Richardson). L., N. 
Very abundant, especially in the Neuse. Coloration pale, black margins to caudal 
narrow and faint, none at all on dorsal and anal ; base of dorsal dusky, the fin other- 
wise pale. 
4. Ameiurus natalis (Le Sueur). L., M. 
Color black ; body very plump, the head broad and the spines quite short. 
5. Ameiurus erebennus Jordan. M. 
Common in the swamp. Very close to A. natalis, the head becoming broader with 
age and thus resembling the latter. The pectoral and dorsal spines are however much 
longer than in the latter. 
