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ford Dean and Francis B. Sumner, of the spawning 

 habits of the Brook Lamprey as observed about one 

 mile north of Van Cortlandt Park, New York City. 

 These two records are, as far as known, the only ones 

 for the species in this vicinity. 



Wm. T. Davis, 

 New Brighton, N. Y. 



NOTE ON THE HABITS OF THE YOUNG 



OF THE SQUIRREL HAKE AND 



SEA SNAIL 



During the oceanographic cruise of the U. S. Fish- 

 eries schooner Grampus in the summer of 1913, large 

 quantities of the Giant Scallop were dredged at many 

 points on the continental shelf between Nantucket 

 Lightship and the Virginia capes. In a number of 

 instances these scallops were found to contain young 

 examples of the squirrel hake, Urophycis chuss (Wal- 

 baum), ranging in length from 27 to 70 mm. With 

 one exception all were taken in the region between 

 Montauk Point and Cape May, and within the 20 

 fathom curve. The only occurrence at a greater 

 depth was in 42 fathoms, 52 miles S.S.E. from Mon- 

 tauk Point. 



Whether these young hake habitually live within 

 the mantle cavity of the scallop, or whether they 

 merely use it as a refuge on the approach of an ene- 

 my, is not known. The latter hypothesis appears to 

 be the more plausible one. In the six dredge hauls 

 in which young hake were thus taken, 27 examples 

 were obtained from .59 scallops. In one instance, 11 

 hake were obtained from 9 scallops. 



During the same cruise a number of young exam- 

 ples of the sea snail, Li pari* liparis (Linnaeus) were 

 obtained from the mantle cavities of scallops at two 

 stations, as follows: 



Forty-five miles E.S.E. from Assateague, Va., in 

 .30 fathoms, and 4.) miles E. by S. from Cape Charles. 



