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belonging to Carcharodon carcharias. On inquiry I 

 was informed that they were secured from a shark 

 caught on the New Jersey coast in the early part of 

 June. The teeth were about an inch in height (in- 

 cluding root), which would indicate a juvenile speci- 

 men of this species, 7 or 8 feet in length. This ac- 

 cords with the label accompanying the teeth, which 

 said the shark was 7 feet long. 



L. Hussakof, 

 New York, N. Y. 



[The editor has seen a mounted Carcharodon car- 

 charias lV-i feet long taken off South Amboy, N. J., 

 July 14, 1916, bv Mr. Michael Schliesser, of 29 East 

 132d Street, N.Y.— J. T. X.] 



NOTES ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF 

 THREE CALIFORNIA RAYS, 



Plathyrhinoides triseriatus (Jordan and Gilbert). 

 A ray of this species was found washed up on 

 the beach immediately north of Point Conception, on 

 July 13, 1916. This is the northernmost record for 

 this species. 



Raja binoculata Girard. 



A large specimen of this giant ray was noted on 

 the beach between San Simeon and Piedras Blancas, 

 in northern San Luis Obispo County. A small one, 

 192 mm. long, was taken from the stomach of a Rock- 

 cod, Sebastodes auriculatus, which was caught in 

 about 60 feet of water off Pizmo Beach, on the south- 

 ern coast of the same county. These two records are 

 the southernmost for this ray. 



1 Mania birostris (Walbaum). 



Two rays were noted by the writer, several years 

 ago, off the wharf at Redondo, in Los Angeles Coun- 

 ty. One was swimming near the surface, while the 

 other was caught bv hook and line. They measured 



