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Fig. 2. — View of part of gradually sloping resprvoir bank, IT. 8. Fisheries Biological Station, Fair- 

 port, Iowa, after water was lowered on May 30, 1921. Manj^ nests of Lcpomis hvnn/is were laid bare. 



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Fig. :i. — Close-up view of iiesls of Lcjinmis Inimilis fsluiwn in Fig. 2) e.xeavali'il liiini .soil mnd to a 

 gravel bottom on which the eggs arc laid. Nests measured from 12 to 15 cm. in diameter and from 

 3 to 4 cm. in depth. 



