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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I28 



8-25-49 



8-27-49 

 8-28-49 



-29-49 



Weyprcchtia heuglini 

 Melita formosa 



Ischyrocerus latipes 

 Dulichia spinosissima 

 Idotaega entomon 

 I. sabini 



Pagurus splendescens 

 P. trigonocheirus 

 Unidentified tectibranch 

 Egg collar of Natica 

 Mya japonica 

 M. trimcata 

 Hiatella arctica 

 Alcyonidium disciforme 

 Fishes 



I male 



Abundant, forming the major portion 



of the line along the beach 

 8 females, i male 

 3 males 

 Few 

 Few 



1 medium male 



2 small males, i small female 

 I 



I 



I 



3 



Few 



Common, with snail eggs attached 



Two or three kinds of young 



Surf moderating. Long swells from around the Point. Wind de- 

 creasing. One large cumacean on shore. 



Heavy surf. Still windy and overcast. 



Afternoon : Water fairly calm. Along approximately 2 miles of beach 

 only 6 Arenicola glacialis, a few fragments of egg collars of 

 Polinices, and several Hiatella arctica and a few shells of Macoma 

 calcarea were picked up. 



High surf. Wind again after the calm of yesterday. The following 

 animals were washed ashore : 



Note that although there was heavy surf preceding and on 8-24-49 and again 



on 8-29-49, over twice as many species were washed ashore on 8-24-49 as on 



8-29-49, but the total number of animals washed ashore on 8-29-49 was much 



greater than on 8-24-49. Practically all those washed ashore on 8-24-49 were 



surface dwellers, whereas over half of the species and the majority, numerically, 



of those washed ashore on 8-29-49 were mud dwellers, indicating that the bottom 



not only was disturbed more on 8-29-49 than on 8-24-49 but that it was disturbed 



at a greater distance from shore. 



9- 6-49 Medium light surf. Small waves coming onto the shore. A gentle 



north wind. The phronimid Themisto libellula was common along 



the beach above high-water mark. Most of these amphipods were 



covered with a thin layer of frost but they began swimming when 



placed in water. A few Arenicola glacialis and a few pycnogonids 



were on the beach in the evening. 



