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ment for a few seconds, and finally darted off, with- 

 out warning into deeper water. 



The female remained quite motionless in the 

 shelter of the stone, and was readily captured in a 

 seine. Its oviduct was loosely extruded for about 5 

 mm., and from it there projected the tail of the sin- 

 gle remaining young. This young fish was about of 

 the same size as numerous others seined nearby, most 

 abundantly over the bottom where strewn by kelp 

 washed in b}^ the tide. 



This observation confirms other evidence that 

 the period between copulation and the bearing of the 

 young is one year. 



The life color of this breeding female may be 

 of interest. The gold color appears in the usual two 

 bars across the middle of the brilliantly silver sides, 

 which are tinged with gold posteriorly; there is also 

 a smaller bar before these, and a trace of one along 

 the margin of the branchial aperture. There is a 

 blotch before the pectoral fin, and another small 

 blotch which is located behind and below the pectoral, 

 and is followed by a streak extending nearly across 

 the trunk. 



Carl L. Hubbs, 



Chicago, III. 



NOTES ON THREE COMMON NEW 

 JERSEY TURTLES. 



These notes are taken essentially word for word 

 from my notebook. 



Mating of Box Turtles and of Wood Turtles. 

 I have twice found turtles apparently either mating 

 or just after or about to begin mating, though on 

 neither occasion could I see any connection other than 

 that one was sitting squarely on the other's back. 

 Evidently, however, it was neither time a case of 

 casually sprawling over each other like Painted Tur- 

 tles on a crowded sunning- log. The Box Turtles 



