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Range. — Nova Scotia to Uruguay; Bermudas. ^^ Uncommon north 

 of Cape Cod; occasionally in Massachusetts. 



Material examined. — 



MASSACHUSETTS.— U. S. Fish Commission: Vineyard Sound; 6 

 young (2249). Woods Hole: 1882, 3 large. (4946); 1883, 1 female 

 (5860); August, 1885, 1 young (40788); surface, by electric light, 

 September 5, 2 young (40723). Vicinity of Woods Hole; 1911; 1 

 specimen (43178). 



RHODE ISLAND.— Newport; 1880; U. S. Fish Commission: 2 

 young (4537); shore, sand, 1 young male (36324); shore, 1 young 

 (36327). 



NEW YORK.— Hudson River at West Point; August 18, 1910; 

 E. A. Mearns; 2 males (41457). Creek near West Point; E. A. Mearns ; 

 6 young (19648). Sing Sing; bracldsh water; S. F. Baird; 1 male, 

 2 young (2449). Patchogue, Long Island; September 17 and 19, 

 1884; T. H. Bean; 8 specimens (8922). Great South Bay; 1898; 

 T. H. Bean; 5 young (42566). Clam Pond Cove; October 8, 1898; 

 T. H. Bean; 1 male (42565). 



NEW JERSEY.— Great Egg Harbor; William Stimpson; 2 males 

 (3218). Near Cape May; 1928; Horace G. Richards; 1 young, 

 returned to sender. 



MARYLAND. — (For Fish Hawk dredgings in Chesapeake Bay, see 

 table, p. 108.) Fork Point; Thomas Stine; 1 deformed claw 

 (41753). Magothy Bay; July 22, 1916; Fish Hawk; 1 young 

 (61055). South Bend (an estuary of the Chesapeake about 12 miles 

 below the Severn River); De Lancy Gill; 1 deformed claw (43351). 

 Chesapeake Beach: September 27, 1905, Bureau of Fisheries, 2 

 specimens (47287); June 23, 1910, A. C. Weed and W. W. Wallis, 1 

 young male (40269); July 24, 1920, Earl D. Reid; 2 young (61057). 

 Mouth of creek half way between Chesapeake Beach and Plum Point; 

 May 30, 1912; William Palmer and A. C. Weed; 1 young (48872). 

 Beach about 2 miles N. of Plum Point; Weed, Wallis, Palmer, and 

 Hasbrouck: July 3, 1912, 2 young (44489); July 4, 1912, 1 young 

 (44492). Plum Point; June 1, 1912; Palmer and Weed; 6 young 

 (48865). Plum Point Creek; July 4, 1912 ; Weed, Wallis, Palmer, and 

 Hasbrouck; 3 young (44491). Parker Creek; Weed, Wallis, and 

 Palmer; 1 young (48871). Beach about 1 mile N. of Dare's Wharf, 

 Calvert Count3%- July 5, 1912; Weed, Wallis and Palmer; 3 young 

 (44490). Near Barren Island; 20 fathoms; 1882; Fish Hawk; I 

 specimen (5189). Rock Point, Neals Creek, Deans shore, Charles" 



'• For it.s accidental occurrence at Rocbefort, France, in fresh water, see Bouvier, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat 

 Paris, vol. 7, 1901, p. 16. 



