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ences of Philadelphia; Dr. Milton B. Trautman, Ohio State Archeo-
logical Museum; Dr. Royal D. Suttkus, Tulane University; Dr. Philip
W. Smith, Illinois Natural History Survey; and Dr. Shelby D. Gerking,
Indiana University. Sincere thanks are extended to Mrs. H. Williams
Diamond, Jr., who helped type the manuscript; to Dr. Edward J.
Crossman, Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, for supplying certain
locality records for Canada; to Dr. George A. Moore, Oklahoma State
University, for several Oklahoma records; to Dr. Clark Hubbs, Uni-
versity of Texas, for all Texas records; to Dr. Frank B. Cross, Univer-
sity of Kansas, for several Kansas records; and to Dr. Ralph W. Yer-
ger, Florida State University, for several Florida records. Apprecia-
tion is extended to Dr. Robert R. Miller, University of Michigan,
for helpful advice and for the use of an unpublished list of hybrid
fish combinations; to Dr. Karl F. Lagler, University of Michigan, for
the use of equipment under his care; to Dr. Louella Cable, for the
use of facilities at the U. S. government fish hatchery, Northville,
Michigan; to Dr. Robert D. Ross, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, for
supplying color notes for Notropis albeolus; and to Dr. William
Ralph Taylor, for advice regarding the study. Finally, I am grateful
to my fellow graduate students, Thomas L. Poulson, Teruya Uyeno,
R. Jack Schultz and Howard F. Huddle for their help in the field
and laboratory.
 MATERIALS
 The collections examined were selected to include samples from
all parts of the ranges of the various forms, with special emphasis
being placed on series from critical areas. Specimens have been
examined or recorded from the following museum collections: Acad-
emy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Chicago Natural
History Museum (CNHM); Cornell University (CU); Illinois Natural
History Survey (INHS); Indiana University (IU); Kansas University
(KU); Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (MCZ);
Nova Scotia Provincial Museum (NSPM); Ohio State University (OSU);
Royal Ontario Museum (ROM); Stanford University (SU); Texas
Natural History Collection, University of Texas (TNHC); Tulane
University (TU); University of Florida (UF); University of Michigan,
Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); United States National Museum
(USNM).
 Locality records of specimens examined may be found in the
original dissertation.


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