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avenue, Rochester. Yard in rear of house where various 

 species of Limax are to be found under boards and particu- 

 larly under the garbage barrels. 



Station 3. Wide Waters, Erie Canal, East Rochester. 

 Shore lined with weeds and debris of various kinds; shells 

 sticking to stones, sticks and water weeds. July 12. Collec- 

 tion made in the afternoon ; temperature 65° to 70°; rainy. 



Station 4. Genesee River Gorge, below lower falls. Banks 

 225 feet high, made up of the Niagara and Clinton geological 

 formations, overlaid by about 10 feet of the Drift. Banks 

 heavily wooded with large trees and low bushes; soil rich, 

 mixed with pieces of decomposing limestone and shale. River 

 very rapid ; shore lined with rocks. The river is now being 

 contaminated by sewage from the city. July 13. Tempera- 

 ture 60° at 8 a. m. and 85° at noon, when the clouds of the 

 morning disappeared. Mollusks very plentiful. 



Station 5. Irondequoit Bay. This body of water is an inlet 

 from Lake Ontario, and is five miles long and from one-half to 

 one mile in width. The rolling hills about it are from 100 to 

 200 feet in height and are, in most cases, heavily wooded. 

 The bay is about 80 feet deep (maximum). The shores are 

 lined with cat-tails ( Typha) and sweet flag {Acorns). There 

 are numerous small streams flowing into the bay and also 

 many small bays leading off from the large bay. Irondequoit 

 creek flows into it at its southern end. July 14. Cloudy, 

 with occasional rains. Temperature varying from 75° to 80°. 

 The southern part of the bay was literally covered with pond 

 lilies {N'ymphaea), among which many mollusks were found. 

 The shores were everywhere covered with dead beach-shells. 



Station 6. Sea Breeze, on Lake Ontario, at entrance to 

 Irondequoit Bay. Sandy beach with ridge of sea-wrack, in 

 which dead shells were plentiful. July 16. 



Station 7. Sea Breeze; ravine near boat house on Ironde- 

 quoit Bay. Heavily wooded and the ground covered with dead 

 leaves, sticks and other debris. Ground moist. July 16. 

 Weather fine, temperature about 80°. 



Station 8. Locks in Erie Canal near Monroe Avenue bridge. 

 Specimens collected from side of locks as the water flowed in 

 to lift the canal boat. 



