Feb., 1916] Sunfish Nests of Beimillers Cove 



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here. In the region M there was a mucky bottom. From M to 

 P the bottom was again favorable. About K there were three 

 scattered nests. In the region of N there were sixteen nests. 

 These nests were in eighteen inches of water. 



On the western side there was no continuous stretch of 

 open sandy bottom such as was found on the opposite side. 

 The belt of reeds extended out quite a distance, in some spots 

 ten to fifteen and twenty feet, and at these points other aquatic 



Figure 3. Group of the nests at A (Fig. 4), bottom becoming mucky, 



plants grew from the cove side up to the reed line, thus isolating 

 patches of open bottom. 



The surve}^ of the western shore was made between July 

 12 and 19. In the indentation at D there was a good growth of 

 water lillies, the shores were marshy, the bottom muddy and 

 the water frequently so tainted with sewage as to be greasy. 

 There were no nests here. Along the short stretch a, there was 

 a firm, sandy and open bottom. Here seven nests were found. 

 The inlet B had no nests; its character was similar to that of D. 

 The points a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k had a sandy and com- 

 paratively open bottom. 



