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and other varieties of sun-fish, namely, common, long-eared, and 
blue-spotted. 
Several trips were made to Plum Point, on Chesapeake Bay, by 
Messrs. William Palmer and A. C. Weed, resulting in the collection 
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Fic. 59.—Mr. Wm. Palmer on the beach near Plum Point, 
Chesapeake Bay. Photograph by Weed. 
of a number of interesting fishes common to the salt and brackish 
water of the region. Mr. Palmer also spent some time in digging for 
fossil cetaceans in the marl banks along the bay. 
As in previous years, Mr. Ernest B. Marshall made very interest- 
ing collections in small streams tributary to the Patuxent, near 
Laurel, Md. Messrs. Bean and Weed participated in several of these 
