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13. Notemigonus chrysoleucus (Mitcbill). B. 
A. IG. Scales 4G, hence of the var. hosci. 
14. Lucius reticulatus (Le Suenr). B. 
One specimen. {Esox affinis Holbrook.) 
15. Lucius americanus (Gmeliu). B.,AmS. 
Common in clear brooks. Body with 18 to 20 dark green cross shades ; lower 
fins all scarlet; upper fins edged above with carmine. Suont extremely short and 
broad, 2| in head. Scales 88. Stomach packed full of small minnows. This is Esox 
raveneli Holbrook. 
16. Fundulus rathbuni Jordau &Meek. R., A., B., S. 
Common in the small bi’ooks; scarce in the river. 
17. Anguilla anguilla rostrata (Le Sueur). R., B. 
Common. 
18. Chaenobryttus gulosus (Cuv. & Val.). R. 
One specimen. I hud no difference except in shade of color, on comparison of 
this specimen with Chcmiohryttm antistius McKay. 
19. Lepomis auritus (L.). R., A., B. 
Common. These specimens belong to the northern or typical auritus. 
20. Etheostoma peltatum Stauffer. B., A. 
Scarce. Colors very bright ; a few scales on opercle, none on cheeks. 
21. Etheostoma nigrum (Rafiuesque.) R. 
Very abundant in river. Scales 4G ; some specimens much spotted, especially on 
head and pectoral. One male with the head black. 
I.— THE GREAT PEDEE RIVER. 
The Great Pedee, called in North Carolina the Yadkin, rises in the north of the 
central jiart of North Carolina and flows nearly southward to the sea, its mouth being 
in the eastern part of South Carolina. The whole upper course of the stream is through 
the red clays of the “ Piedmont” region. The river itself and most of its tributaries 
are therefore, for the whole year around, discolored by sediment and unfavorable to 
fish life. A number of large species of sucker {Moxostoma) occur in the river, ascend- 
ing the smaller streams to spawn in the spring. Large collections of these were made 
by Professor Cope at the time of his visit in 18G9, when they were taken in numbers 
on the weirs. No specimens of these are, however, obtainable in August, at which 
time both old and young have retreated to the main rivers. Collections were made by 
us only in the neighborhood of Salisbury. 
1. Little Yadkin River (or South River) at Lindsay’s Mills (South River P. O.). 
August 24; temperature 72°. This point is about 8 miles north of the city of Sails 
bury, and not far from the junction of the South River and the Yadkin. The South 
River is a large and rather shallow stream, flowing swiftlj" over a gravelly bottom. 
Its water is grayish yellow, full of sediment. The number of species found is small. 
2. Second Creek, a tributary of South River, 1 mile further south. August 24 ; 
temperature 71°. A very muddy stream, its waters red with clay. Fishes few, sim- 
ilar to those in the river. 
