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September loth, when about 10 were noted, ranging from, 3 to 4 

 feet; These did not seem to be the next species. 



About Cape May the large sharks usually reported as "man 

 eaters" may probably be this species. They are described as 

 sandy-gray in color, and chunky like a mackerel shark, Mr, H. 

 Walker Hand says they have been noticed from off Hereford 

 Inlet, inside Uncle Eph's Shoal and the Bare Hole Fishing 

 Grounds, They are sometimes taken and found, after dissec- 

 tion, to be full of eels. Probably some of the large sharks re- 

 ported to occur in Delaware Bay about Green Creek are also this 

 species. They attain 6 feet in length. 



Carcharhinus milberti (Miiller and Henle). 

 Small White Shark. 



Small, pale-colored and chunky sharks seen in the shallows at 

 times, off Palermo, seldom measure over 3 or 4 feet, are reported 

 by the fishermen. They have pale eyes and are most likely this 

 species or the young of Carcharhinus ohscurus (LeSueur). One 

 taken by fishermen in Grassy Sound Inlet on September 4th, 

 1897, Mr. I. N, DeHaven secured another in Atlantic City Inlet 

 on September 25th, 1897. 



Family SPHYRNIDZE. 



(Cestraciontido;.) 



Sphyrna zygssna (Linnaeus). 



Hammer Head Shark. 



One taken by Mr. Edwin Fowler, in Grassy vSound Inlet, on 

 September 4th, 1897, on a weak-fish line. Rather small and 

 savage when hauled on board. Mr. W. J. Fox reports one taken 

 at Sea Isle City on August 15th, 1905, and one 3 feet long taken 

 on September loth at the same place. About Cape May, Mr. H. 

 Walker Hand reports it from off Hereford Inlet, Five Fathom 

 Bank, McCrie's Shoal, on or about Old or Uncle Eph's Shoals 



