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STATION 25. ME>fKMSHA, AUGUST 10, 1915. 

 [Inside harbor, on grassy and pravelly bottom.] 



Length, 51 to 75. — Length, 70. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 50; 

 annelids, 25; debris, 25. 



Length, 101 to 125. — Maximum length, 125; minimum, 115. Number examined, 2. 

 Food: Amphipods, 25; annelids, 72.5; debris, 2.5. Parasites: Sporozoa, many cysts 

 on intestine of smaller fish. 



Length, 126 to 150. — Maximum length, 150; minimum 130; average, 140. Number 

 examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 21.5; annelids, 71.2; bivalve mollusks, 0.1; fish, 

 0.5; isopods, 0.3; debris, 6.6. Parasites: Distomes, 50. 



Length, 151 to 175. — Maximum length, 175; minimum, 153; average, 161.2. Number 

 examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 1.6; annelids, 95; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; univalve 

 mollusks, 0.1; debris, 3. Parasites: Distomes, 45; Sporozoa, 1 cyst on intestine of fish 

 measuring 153 mm. 



ST.VTION 26. lackey's BAY, AUGUST 3, 1915. 

 [Muddy bottom, fish collected at high tide.] 



Length, 51 to 75. — Maximum length, 74; minimum, 55; average, 64.8. Number 

 examined, 6. Food: Amphipods, 13.1; annelids, 27.3;copepods, 0.1; insect larvae, 2.5; 

 ostracodes, 0.1; debris, 56.6 (consisting of a little vegetable material and sand). Para- 

 sites: Distomes, 3.8. 



Length, 76 to 100. — Maximum length, 100; minimum, 76; average, 83.5. Number 

 examined, 4. Food: Amjihijwds, 31.2; annelids, 57.5; insect larvae, 3.4; ostracodes, 

 0.9; debris, 6.7. Parasites: Distomes, 3.2; Sporozoa, rnany cysts on lower part of in- 

 testine of fish 100 mm. in length. 



Length, 101 to 125. — -Maximum length, 122; minimum, 115; average, 119. Number 

 examined, 3. Food: Amphiiwds, 15; annelids, 5; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; ostracodes, 

 trace; univalve mollusks, 0.3; dc^bris (some vegetable material), 79.3. Parasites: 

 Nematodes, 0.3; larg(i numbers of cysts of Sporozoa on intestine of fish measuring 

 120 mm. 



Length, 126 to 150. — Maximum length, 142; minimum, 126; average, 136. Number 

 examined, 4. Food: Am])hi]iods, 8.5; annelids, 25.2; bivalve mollusks (young Mya 

 and Solenom\a), 5; ostracodes, 0.2; debris (a little vegetable material, with fragments 

 of amphipods, setae of annelids, and sand), 61 . Parasites: Distomes, 1 .5; nematodes, 1. 



STATION 27. EEI, PONT), SEPTEMBER 2, 1915. 

 [Bottom, polprass and mnd.] 



Length, 51 to 75. — liCngth, 62. Numl)er examined, 1. Food: Am]:)hipods, 95; 

 ostracodes, trace; debris, 5. Parasites: Nematodes, 2 small Pllaria and 1 immature 

 Ascaris. 



Length, 126 to 1.50. — Maximum length, 142; minimum, 130; average, 138. Number 

 examined, 3. Amphipods, 95; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; ostracodes, 0.3; debris (trace 

 of vegetable material), 4.3. 



Length, 151 to 175. — Maximum length, 172; minimum, 154; average, 144.6. Num- 

 ber examined, 6. Food: Ami)hipods, 48.3; annelids, 7; bivalve mollusks (Venus, 

 small), 5; Cumacea, trace; ostracodes, trace; univalve mollusks (Bulla, etc.), 4.1; 

 debris, 35.6. Parasites: Nematodes (Filaria), 4.3; many cysts on recttim of one fish 

 (150 mm.), a few cysts on mesontary of another (172 mm.). 



Length, 176 to 200. — Maximum length, 192; minimum, 182. Number examined, 2. 

 Food: Amphipods, 27.5; annelids, 25; univalve mollusks (Bulla), 5; d6bris, 42.5. 



Length, 201 to 225. — Maximum length, 225; mimimum, 212. Number examined, 2. 

 Food: Amphipods, 5; annelids, 5; l)ivalve mollusks, 1; univalve mollusks (Bulla), 

 42.5; debns (some vegetable material), 46.5. Parasites: Nematodes, 1 (Filaria). 



STATION 28. SHEEP-PEN COVE, SEPTEMBER 9, 1915. 



[Bottom, mud and sand; high tide; depth, 3 feet; temperature of water, 07° F.] 



Length, 51 to 75. — Maximum length, 73; minimum, 58; average, 66. Number 

 examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 50; annelids, 33.7; debris, 16. Parasites: Dis- 

 tomes, 4.7. 



