[521] INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 227 
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BLUE SHARK ; (Hulamia Milberti.) 
A large specimen caught at Wood’s Hole, in August, contained a 
quantity of small bivalve-shells, Yoldia sapotilla. 
TIGER-SHARK ; (Galerocerdo tigrina.) 
Specimens caught at Wood’s Hole, in August, contained large univalve 
shells, Buccinum undatum and Lunatia heros. 
Doa-Fisu ; (Mustelus canis.) : 
Several specimens caught at Wood’s Hole, in August, contained lob- 
sters, Homarus Americanus ; spider-crabs, Libinia eanaliculata ; rock- 
crabs, Cancer irroratus. 
SAND-SHARK ; (Hugomphodus littoralis.) 
Many specimens taken at Wood’s Hole, in July and August, contained 
lobsters, Homarus Americanus, in abundance; Cancer irroratus; and 
squids, Loligo Pealii. 
COMMON SKATE; “SUMMER SKATE;” (Raia diaphana.) 
A specimen taken at Wood’s Hole, May 14, contained rock-erabs, 
Cancer irroratus; a young skate; a long slender fish, (Ammodytes ?.) 
Another, caught in July, contained Cancer irroratus. 
PEAKED-NOSE SKATE; (Raia levis ?.) 
Specimens caught in Vineyard Sound, May 14, contained numerous 
shrimps, Crangon vulgaris ; several Conileraconcharum ; several Annelids, 
among them Nephthys ingens ; Meckelia ingens ; two specimens of Phasco- 
losoma Gouldit ; razor-shells, Ensatella Americana, (the “toot” only, of 
many specimens ;) a small fish, Ctenolabrus burgall. Specimens taken at 
Menemsha, in July, contained large numbers of crabs, Cancer irroratus ; 
and of lobsters, Homarus Americanus. 
STING-Ray ; (Trygon centroura.) 
Specimens caught at Wood’s Hole, in July and August, contained 
large numbers of crabs, Cancer irroratus ; squids, Loligo Pealii ; clams, 
Mya arenaria ; Lunatia heros. 
LONG-TAILED STING-RAY; (Myliobatis Freminvillei.) 
Specimens taken in Vineyard Sound, in July, contained an abundance 
of lobsters, Homarus Americanus ; crabs, Cancer irroratus; also clams, 
Mya arenaria ; and Lunatia heros. 
“ RABBIT-FISH.” 
A specimen taken at Wood’s Hole, in July, contained a lobster, Homa- 
rus Americanus. . 
“ Foq-FIsH.” 
A specimen caught at Wood’s Hole, July 1, contained hermit-crabs, 
Hupagurus pollicaris. 
