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EXPERIMENTS IN THE BREEDING OF CERIONS. 



planted in June of the same year in a little meadow on the west side 

 of the south end of the island. The place of the planting is covered by 

 a moderate growth of Uniola paniculata and is marked by a stake bear- 

 ing a tag with the legend, "Porto Rico, 1915." 



The check series, consisting of 100 specimens. Cat. No. 334724 U. S. 

 N. M., taken at random from the collection w^hich furnished the mate- 

 rial planted on Loggerhead Key, yields the measurements shown in 

 table 29. The specimens are figured on plates 48-50. 



