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King lake. This is a small lake, about a mile south of the corpora¬ 
tion line of Hillsdale. It is probably one-half mile in length by about 
one-quarter mile in width. Its shores are for the most part marshy. A 
narrow and distinct shoal with a thick growth of rushes runs almost 
entirely around it. The lake is said to be very deep. Its outlet is a 
small brook that flows for some one and one-half miles to join the outlet 
of Bawbeese lake, just above the mill pond. 
Beele creek. This is a large creek about a mile north of Hillsdale. 
It flows in a westerly direction, and is probably part of the St. Joseph 
sysiGin 
" The names of the species given in this paper are those used by Jordan 
and Evermann in their “Fishes of North and Middle America.” 
The measurements of the length were taken, in each case, from the 
tip of the snout to the tip of the caudal flu. These were made in centi¬ 
meters. Estimates of dimensions are given in feet and inches. 
LIST OF FISH WITH NOTES. 
Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus). Long-nosed Gar. One small specimen about 
six inches long was taken from shallow water near the east shore of Bawbeese 
Lake. , T . . 
I once saw a large gar pike, that was probably this species, while I was skat¬ 
ing on clear ice over the deepest part of Bawbeese Lake. The fish was about 
three feet in length, and was but a foot or, so beneath the ice. I stood and 
watched the fish for a number of seconds, till it swam slowly away. At Hem¬ 
lock Lake, west of Bankers, I once saw many gar pike together, swimming just 
beneath the surface of the deep water of a shady cove. 
Amia calva Linnaeus. Dogfish.—One was taken by hook and line from Baw¬ 
beese Lake, August 28, 1902. It was thirty-eight cm. long, and on dissection, 
was found to have in its alimentary canal a head of a blunt-nose minnow, 
Pimephales notatus , and a black bass, Micropterus salmoides, five cm. long. 
I have caught many of these fish by hook and line in various lakes in Hillsdale 
county and it is undoubtedly very common in the region. I have found them 
at night in the outlet of King Lake in early April at times when suckers were 
running in the creek. 
Ameiurus natalis (LeSueur.) Yellow Cat. Three were taken by dip ne 
in the outlet of King Lake. These were small specimens about of a size, aver¬ 
aging six cm. in length. Twenty were caught in Bawbeese Lake by hook and line 
on September 6, 1900. They averaged probably between nine and ten inches m 
length. „ .. 
The species is abundant about Hillsdale, and is commonly known as the bull¬ 
head ” I have seldom failed to catch them when fishing at night over muddy 
bottom. I caught a number one winter by leaving lines over night through holes 
in the ice at Stock’s mill pond. . 
Catostomus commersonii (LacOpede). Common Sucker. Nine small specimens, 
five and one-half to sixteen cm. long were taken from the outlet of King Lake, 
near the lake. Three, six and three-fourths to eight cm. long were caught at Beebe 
creek. One measuring seven cm. long was taken in a small pasture stream 
west of Reading avenue, in the south part of Hillsdale. 
Campostoma anomalum (Rafinesque). Stone-roller. This was found to be a 
very common minnow in nearly all of the streams where I fished. Many were 
taken, the largest being sixteen cm. long, and was from Beebe creek.^ 
Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque). Blunt-nosed Minnow.—The minnow was 
found to be very abundant in Bawbeese Lake, where it was seen in large schools 
in shallow water. Not many were found in streams. One was taken from the 
outlet of King Lake and six from Beebe creek. . 
Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Horned Dace. This fish was found abun¬ 
dant in all streams where fishing was done. 
