ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION. 2~ 



^r.ivi-1 preferred, mud, clay, or surface of plants in absence of 

 these (Henshall, 'o,; : e) gravel, clay or mud from which all 

 foreign materials have 1 it-en remo\ed Smith, '07, p. 2^7 



Lepomis pallidus: Barren -hoals; bottom pure marl or marl and 

 sand, bottom of marl or gravel; water 5 inches to 2 feet; marl 

 bottom with bulrushes (Hankinson, '07, p. 212 . 



I.<-f>i>nris cyanellits: Swamp loosestrife, black bottom, I foot of 

 water; m.irl. marl and sand, also root- I lankiii-<>n. '07, p.2io , 



Eupoi ibbosiis: (a) Sand bottom ; i to 2 feet <>i water; -and 



bottom; in. nl and sand bottom, -eant biilru-h growth; marl 

 bottom, bulrush covered (Hankinson, '07 sand and gravel 



boiiom not infrequently on roots (Reighard in (till, '05, p. 51 

 < lt-.tr \\ater; sand and gravel bottom lien-hall, 'o,; 



Perca //-.'.- wr/;s: (a) No nest; bare -ami ami ^ia\cl ri\ti . 

 .mum- a<|iiatic plants (Abbott, '75); (l Stones, \ (Delation, other 



objects or loose in water no ne-t Smith. '07, p. 252 . 

 nebnlosits: (a) Stove pipe, etc.. 4 5 leet. -and, under 

 cover, in ^ 2 \ in. of water (rarely more than 24 in. I -.\ i ! -h\ nu-r, 

 '07 vel and ac|iiariiun bottom Kendall. '02; Smith and 



I lain.!!, '<>2 



S<i:i; zyrinns: In tin can, marl bottom. ^ feet \ \\aifi 



1 lankiii-.tii. '07). 

 / il>nt linii: Stuck to a(juatic plant- K\d i 



TAIU.I-: XX\ . 



IIII\\IM. mi RELATION OK KNOWN !..;: II M 



IN THE SERIES OF I'HM>-. 



v 



I'r, 





uitli I 



ides. Sand. 



Sand. o 



-,.... Sand. i - o 



<us. . . . Sand. i -' - i o 



:s Sand and vi"_ 



tation. 

 In. .... Sand iiiiclt-i i ^ 



. . . .' t.ilinll. 



The data on breeding habit- as -ummari/ed in Table XXV. 

 -Ixm clearlv that the distrihution of tin- species whoa 

 i Lpparei -li;illn\\ 



