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water very muddy. Catfishes {Ameiurus platycephalm) are extremely abundant in 
tlie river here. The other fishes obtained are the same as those taken at Marion ; the 
latter locality is more favorable for collecting. 
5. Pacollet River at Clifton Factory. August 17 ; temperature 87°. Tbe Pa- 
collet, a large tributary of Broad River, was examined at a point 7 miles northeast 
of tbe town of Spartanburgb, S. 0. Collections were made below the dam of the 
Clifton Cotton Factory. The bottom in most places is excessively rocky and the 
river flows swiftly over the rocks, which are bare of vegetation. In the deep still 
places, however, the bottom is muddy. The water is very muddy and warm and the 
river is one altogether unfavorable for the production of fishes. A few specimens 
[Moxostoma rupiscartes, M. papillosum^ Ameiurus platycephalus, Lepomis auritus) were 
obtained from a fisherman who had drawn a coarse seine at a point farther up the 
river. Moxostoma rupiscartes and Ameiurus platycephalus are the chief food-fishes in 
the markets of Spartanburgh. Species found in Pacollet River are marked P. 
6. I'iger River at Cleveland Shoals. August 18; temperature 76. The Tiger j 
River is a deep, sullen, muddy stream, running through woodland with little current, 
and ultimately flowing into Broad River. Our collections were made in the North 
Fork of the Tiger, at a point 6 miles west of Spartanburgh. The river flows in a deep 
valley, almost a ravine, in the woods. It is crossed by a natural dam of granite 
making a perpendicular waterfall some 5 feet high, known as Cleveland Shoals. 
Below the fall the water flows swiftly over angular rocks which are not covered with 
river weed. The water is rather cold but very muddy, almost red. It contains few 
fishes and these are of few kinds. These species are marked T. 
7. Forest Greeh near Spartanburgh. August 18; temperature 72°. Forest Creek 
is a small, clear “spring branch,” running swiftly over sand and gravel, and flowing 
into Tiger River. It was seined at a point IJ miles west of Spartanburgb. It con- 
tains darters and the rare Notropis lutipinnis, hitherto known only from the Oconee 
River. 
It is probable that the following list includes almost every species that belongs 
to the upper waters of the Santee In the lower course species of Fsox, Lepidosteus, 
Amia, and other lowland fishes doubtless occur. I have Notemigonus chrysoleucus 
bosci from the Congaree at Columbia, S. C., and, according to Dr. Bean, the U. S. 
National Museum has received Labidesthes sicculus from the same locality. 
1. Noturus insignis (Richardson). B., J., C., T. 
Common. The specimens from the Catawba are quite dark in color, the edge of 
the caudal darker; body less elongate, and the head less depressed than in specimens 
from further north, the back a little elevated, the pectoral spines a shade shorter than 
usual. 
2. Ameiurus platycephalus (Girard). C., .1., P. 
Very abundant in all the larger streams. Variable in form and color, the range 
of variation apparently including A. brunneus. 
3. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). C., B. 
Rather common. 
4. Moxostoma papillosum (Cope). C., P. 
Rather scarce. 
