24 THE AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 
LOCALITIES REPORTED UPON. (ref. maps.) 
VII—4. 320 ft. upstream from Government Light 946, 
along water front at Wabasha, 49 ft. from shore. July 31, 
1920. 
VII—6. Teepeeota Point, 350 ft. west of willows at the 
point, 150 ft. from shore line. July 31, 1920. 
VII—14. Off Alma, Wis., starting 50 ft. north of R. E: 
Jones’ Mill, 40 ft. from shore. August 3, 1920. 
NOTES ON AREA. 
Few juveniles were to be seen in this area. On the site 
of an old shipyard at Wabasha, remnants of a clam bed with 
some young shells were found. The bed is hindered in re- 
generation by the amount of rubbish, iron wire, etc., dumped 
in the locality. The same conditions hold for locality VII-4. 
Further down at Teepeeota point was a remnant, composed 
of gigantic shells of an old clam bed, in which juveniles were 
totally absent. The bottom in this locality seemed well suited 
to mussel growth, there being no rubbish, few if any snags. 
The current has probably carried away the juveniles. Much 
effort was expended in this and other areas to locate clam 
beds by the method already described, but most of the pro- 
ductive ones have been covered up. There are few if any 
water weeds in this area except in the sloughs. 
In the vicinity of Alma, (Govt. Light 926 and the R. E. 
Jones Mill), other remnants of beds exist, composed of giant 
‘“niggerheads” and “warty backs.” Only a slight idea could 
be gained of these latter, as the bottom was so snaggy that 
it was unprofitable to attempt work with the crowfoot bars. 
Formerly this bed was worked with a pitch fork. At the 
lower limits of this area shells were more abundant, and were 
more easily secured from sand bars than any place els« The 
upper portion of West Newton Chute was very prolific 1n this 
respect. Species of snails and crayfish as recorded previously 
were common here, 
