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minnows (Pimephales notatus) being the only other fishes obtained. It would seem 
that dry weather often reduces this creek to a succession of pools. The bass live in 
these and devour everything else. 
2. Little Pealc (Jreeli, Pulaski, Y a. August 4; temperature about 79°. A small 
tributary of the preceding, into which it flows, in the village of Pulaski. It is a 
shallow, warm, clear stream, with gravelly bottom, full of little minnows and darters, 
thus presenting a striking contrast with the preceding creek. The species found here 
are marked P. 
3. Reed OreeJc near Wytheville, Ya. August 6; temperature 79°. This stream 
was seined at various points about 4 miles east of Wytheville. It is a warm, 
muddy stream, the water gray in color. It flows through cultivated fields and pas- 
tures. The bottom is rocky in the shallows, elsewhere muddy. The character of the 
water makes this an unfavorable stream for collecting. 
4. Hatchery Stream. — The TJ. S. Fish Hatchery Station is located on a tributary 
of Eeed Creek, about 5 miles west of Wytheville. The water in this little brook is 
very cold, the temperature being about 55°. 
1. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). P., R. 
Common. 
2. Catostomus nigricans (Le Sueur). P., E. 
Common in swift waters. 
3. Campostoma anomalum (Ratinesque). P.,R. 
Common. 
4. Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). P.,R. 
Common ; the only minnow found in Big Peak Creek. 
5. Exoglossum maxillingua (Le Sueur). R. 
Scarce in Reed Creek. The occurrence of this eastern species in the basin of the 
Kanawha is an interesting fact in geographical distribution. 
6. Notropis microstomus (Rafinesque). R. Hyhopsis stramineus Cepe. 
Rather scarce. Compared with specimens of stramineus from the White River at 
Gosport, Ind., these specimens have the back considerably elevated, the eye a 
little smaller, the form of the snout and mouth the same, sides silvery, with scarcely 
a trace of black specks along the lateral line. Scales 30 ; teeth 4-4. 
7. Notropis kanawha Jordan & Jenkins. R. 
Not rare in Reed Creek. 
8. Notropis scabriceps (Cope). R. 
A single specimen, the first which I have recognized as belonging to this species. 
The species from Arkansas referred by Jordan and Gilbert to A. scabriceps belong to 
N. loops Gilbert, which is probably identical with JY. illecebrosus (Girard). 
Body formed as in Hyhopsis amblops ; head broad, blunt anteriorly; eye very large, 
longer than snout, 3 in head; snout obtusely rounded in profile; mouth moderate, 
little oblique, the jaws about equal; the maxillary extending a little past front of eye; 
scales large, 13 before dorsal; fins small; dorsal over ventrals. A. 8. Color pale, 
greenish above. 
