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and lliiiigs are in exeellcui slia])(> ior a cdinplc^iou of the di-ainage 

 sclieuie uiidor the new law. 



Several eitv iiis])e('li(ius wer(^ made to find local Itreediiig places^ 

 and (|nite a nunibev of these were fonnd and reported to Mr. 

 Kiehards, ^vho to<ik proni])!, action n])on tlicni. 



The Liinden Marshes. 



The territory between the Elizabeth City line and the Rahway 

 river, and south of it to Carteret, have been ronghly called the 

 Linden meadows, because most of the area lies within the toAvn- 

 ship of that name. It is one of the most virulent breeding places 

 in the district north of Sandy Hook, and from it the migrations 

 extend up the valleys of the Elizabeth and Railway rivers, but 

 principally up the latter, to the second range of the Orange moua- 

 tains. It supplements the cro]i of the EHzabeth meadows and 

 the swarms spread out along the tributaries of the Railway to 

 Plainfield, Scotch Plains and that general territor^i. There is no 

 other area as important in its effects on the settlements near the 

 gap in the mountains through which the Railway river flows, and 

 for that reason several inspections were made during the summer, 

 and a drainage scheme Avas worked out, to Ix^ carried cut during tlu^ 

 season of 1907, if possible. 



The first inspection, made June (!th, wlien brood No. 3 was in 

 the pools and some eight hundred lar\'a> W(M-e taken to determine 

 the species. All proved to be soUicitann, and, b<>cause a great many 

 of the breeding pools had a stock of "killies," the brood w\is not a 

 very large one. 



July 6tli, brood ]!*s'o. 4 was on the wing, and this, consisting of 

 80 per cent. sollicUa(ns to 2Q per cent, cantator, was traced to Short 

 Hills. 



Beginning July 12th, the actual survey of the meadow and 

 preparation of the drainage plan was commenced, and c(mtinued, 

 with interrui)tions, to July 24th, when it was completed to Port 

 Reading. The wliok' marsh area was surveyed and })lotted out 

 irrespective of township lines, though in such manner as to make it 

 possible to estimate on each section by itself. 



During the last days of August brood No. 7 came to maturity, 

 and on September 5th adults w^ere on the meadow^ in countless 



