THE GROWTH OF THE PAINTED TURTLE. 



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Table I, Continued 



bottom, and maintains a vigorous growth of aquatic plants. An 

 abundance of food was therefore available. 



The records are summarized in Tables I. and II. It will be 

 noted that some individuals grew very rapidly during a few days, 

 and that other individuals of about the same size increased little 

 or not at all during a considerable period of time. Such differ- 

 ences are probably correlated with the shedding of the dermal 

 plates of the shell, growth being rather rapid immediately after 

 the plates are lost. 



