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of sunfish (Lepomis gibhosus and auriius) were secured, as well as 

 one of the common pike {Esox lucius). No less than twenty sun- 

 fish appear upon one plate, and in not a single fish is any movement 

 discernible, the exposure having been made in less than a second. 

 A very pretty result is seen in the male long-eared sunfish that was 



Fig. 4. — Papilio turnls. 



Natural size, from life. Reproduced from a photograph taken by 

 Dr. Shufeldt. 



obtained, and this picture is here reproduced as a fair example of 

 such success as attended the other attempts (Fig. 3). Where failures 

 here were made, they were due to the insufficiency of light, the too 

 rapid movements of the fish, and to reflections upon the glass of the 

 aquaria. In a few cases all these difficulties conspired to defeat the 

 hopes of the photographer. 



