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was put in a filter car and on August 2nd measured 3J inches (85 mm.). 

 Young specimen, 20 mm., found in allej^way of hatchery on the surface 

 June 29, 1909. Specimen 25 mm., July 1, 1909, in similar place. 



July 20, 1905, young specimens three inches long were taken from the 

 seine at Cold Spring Beach, Wickford. July 27, 1908, a specimen 117 

 mm. was seined at Quonset Point; and a specimen 7^ inches (185 mm.) 

 was seined on August 8, 1908, at Cornelius Island; August 6, 1909, 75 

 specimens were taken in a seine in one haul on the north shore of Cor- 

 nelius Island. They range from 5 to S inches (120 to 205 mm.). 

 Average of 37 specimens was 63 inches (157 mm.). August 11, 1909, two 

 specimens, 4 and 5 3-5 inches (98 and 140 mm.) were seined at Cornelius 

 Island. 



August 14, 1906, a dozen specimens three to eight inches long were taken 

 in a seine in Viall's Creek,. August 19, 1909, three specimens, 3 1-5 to 

 9J inches (180 mm., 200 mm., 233 mm.) were taken at Cornelius Island 

 in a seine, and August 20, 1909, three specimens 5 to 8 inches long 

 (200 mm., 125 mm., 190 mm.), were taken at the same place. 

 Average of 6 specimens taken September 2, 1909, seine, Cornelius 

 Island, was 125 mm., ranging from 107 mm. to 224 mm. Bean 

 took a specimen on Long Island shore 2i inches long July 24. At 

 Woods Hole a specimen 5 inches (123 mm.) was taken July 25th; a 

 specimen 6 1-5 inches (155 mm.) was taken on August 2nd. (Eigen- 

 mann, 1901.) 



Since all gradations in size from 3 or 4 inches to over 8 inches are common 

 the last of August, it seems probable that most of these are the young 

 of the year. Females with ripe ovaries are taken not much longer than 

 the largest of these, and it is therefore probable that some individuals 

 of this species become ripe in the second season. 



HEMIRAMPHID^. The Halfbeaks. 



58. Hyporhamphus roberti (Cuvier and Valenciennes) . Haljbeak; Skipper. 



Geog. Dist.: Coasts of America on sandy shores. Common at Vineyard 

 Sound and Menemsha Bight. Occasionally on Long Island shore 

 (Bean). 



Season in R. I.: Occasional in summer and early fall. The first specimen 

 from Rhode Island was taken by Samuel Powell at Newport and de- 

 scribed by Gill in 1862. Specimen from Newport mentioned by Cope, 

 1870. 



Habitat: Sandy shores. 



