NO. 30 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, MHJ 



03 



and other varieties of sun-fish, namely, common, long-eared, and 

 blue-spotted. 



Several trips were made to Plum Point, on Chesapeake Bay, by 

 Messrs. William Palmer and A. C. Weed, resulting in the collection 



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Fie. 59. — Mr. Win. Palmer on the beach near Plum Point, 

 Chesapeake Bay. Photograph by Weed. 



of a number of interesting fishes common to the salt and brackish 

 water of the region. Mr. Palmer also spent some time in digging for 

 fossil cetaceans in the marl banks along the bay. 



As in previous years, Mr. Ernest B. Marshall made very interest- 

 ing collections in small streams tributary to the Patuxent, near 

 Laurel, Md. Messrs. Bean and Weed participated in several of these 



