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all the places visited, especial stress being laid upon the securing of 

 series of the most beautiful of our American landshells, the tree snail 

 Liguus, anatomical material of all of which was preserved in order 

 that this group may also be subjected to a close scrutiny m an ana- 

 tomical w^ay. What is said for Liguus also applies to the equally 

 large, though less brilliantly colored Oxystyla. 



On the /th the " Anton Dohrn " left Miami for Indian Key, spend- 

 ing the night off" Rodriguez Key. and reaching Indian Key early on 

 the following day. By lo o'clock Capt. Tracy, Mclvar, the Assistant 

 Engineer, and Dr. Bartsch were otf in the " Darwin " with the skiff 



Fig. 43. — Characteristic vegetation where the prairie and hammock 

 meet, Coot Bay region, Cape Sable, Florida. 



in tow for the Cape Sable region. They skirted the outside of the 

 Lower Alatecumbe Key, passed through the viaduct and then headed 

 across the extensive flats of Florida Bay. The first stop was made 

 on Sands Key, where a burned out colony of Cerions and a well 

 flourishing colony of Oxystyla and Liguus were found. 



The expedition next headed for Flamingo City, which was reached 

 at sundown. On IMay 9 they explored the region about Flamingo 

 City and the coast for several miles to the east, for Cerions, and other 

 mollusks. Cerions were not foimd, but large ntuubers of beautiful 

 Liguus and Oxystylas were noted everywhere. A tri|) was then 

 made bv wagon to Coot Bay. 



