50 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 60 
trips. Through the generosity of Mr. J. B. Peyton, Jr., the collecting 
parties were conveyed to various points along the Potomac River in 
his power launch Yorkspit. 
Fic. 60.—Dorsal view of a Spotted Sting-Ray, and young, taken at Bight of 
Cape Lookout, N.C. Photograph by Coles. 
Fic. 61—Ventral view of a Spotted Sting-Ray and young, taken at Bight of 
Cape Lookout by Russell J. Coles. Photograph by Coles. 
Mr. Russell J. Coles, of Danville, Virginia, who made collections 
around Cape Lookout, North Carolina, sent to the Museum some 
very interesting fishes, and several photographs, among them an 
especially interesting picture of a large spotted ray and its young, 
(figs. 60, O61). 
