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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  August, 
  and 
  we 
  went 
  to 
  it 
  then 
  only 
  because 
  it 
  offered 
  an 
  exceptionally 
  

   good 
  opportunity 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  brook 
  trout. 
  

  

  Little 
  Green 
  pond 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  sheet 
  of 
  water 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  long 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  wide, 
  with 
  steeper 
  banks 
  that 
  are 
  nearly 
  destitute 
  of 
  aquatic 
  

   vegetation, 
  excepting 
  in 
  the 
  little 
  bay 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  shore, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  clean 
  white 
  sand. 
  The 
  vegetation 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  is 
  somewhat 
  

   similar 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Bone 
  pond, 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  water 
  lily, 
  

   Castalia 
  odorata 
  (Dryand.) 
  Woodv. 
  & 
  Wood. 
  Winter 
  green, 
  

   Gaultheria 
  procumbens 
  Ivinn., 
  and 
  twin 
  flower, 
  Linnea 
  

   b 
  o 
  r 
  e 
  a 
  1 
  i 
  s 
  Linn., 
  and 
  the 
  pretty 
  little 
  Dalibarda 
  repens 
  Linn., 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  big 
  tufts 
  of 
  the 
  lichen 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  *' 
  reindeer 
  moss," 
  

   occupy 
  the 
  dry 
  and 
  abruptly 
  sloping 
  south 
  shore. 
  Little 
  Green 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  

   trout 
  pond. 
  Frequent 
  plantings 
  of 
  fry 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  nothing. 
  Little 
  

   collecting 
  was 
  done 
  there, 
  for 
  it 
  seemed 
  very 
  barren 
  of 
  insect 
  life. 
  

  

  Little 
  Clear 
  pond 
  (pi. 
  1,2) 
  is 
  nearly 
  a 
  mile 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  long, 
  a 
  mile 
  wide, 
  

   and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  places 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  hundred 
  feet 
  deep. 
  It 
  is 
  worthy 
  

   of 
  a 
  more 
  pretentious 
  name. 
  Owing 
  to 
  irregularities 
  of 
  contour, 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  

   very 
  long 
  shore 
  line, 
  that 
  varies 
  in 
  character 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  inclination 
  of 
  

   the 
  adjacent 
  slopes. 
  Conditions 
  have 
  been 
  somewhat 
  disturbed 
  here 
  

   within 
  recent 
  years 
  by 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  a 
  dam 
  at 
  its 
  outlet, 
  that 
  has 
  raised 
  

   the 
  water 
  several 
  feet, 
  and 
  caused 
  it 
  to 
  encroach 
  on 
  the 
  surrounding 
  

   timber, 
  which 
  now 
  stands 
  dead 
  along 
  the 
  shore. 
  Aquatic 
  shore 
  vegeta- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  not 
  abundant 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  places. 
  Two 
  places 
  were 
  selected 
  

   in 
  Little 
  Clear 
  for 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  regular 
  collecting, 
  the 
  bay 
  in 
  Blueberry 
  

   island 
  near 
  the 
  west 
  shore, 
  and 
  the 
  outlet. 
  

  

  Blueberry 
  island 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  sandy 
  spit 
  of 
  burned-over 
  land, 
  now 
  

   covered 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  growth 
  of 
  poplar 
  trees, 
  with 
  broad 
  mats 
  of 
  moss 
  and 
  

   lichen, 
  with 
  extensive 
  clumps 
  of 
  blueberries, 
  and 
  with 
  other 
  clumps 
  of 
  

   Labrador 
  tea 
  overhanging 
  its 
  shores, 
  specially 
  in 
  the 
  bay. 
  The 
  banks 
  

   are 
  strewn 
  with 
  decaying 
  trunks 
  of 
  fallen 
  hemlocks, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  narrow 
  

   channel 
  between 
  the 
  island 
  and 
  the 
  hill 
  to 
  the 
  westward 
  dead 
  trunks 
  are 
  

   still 
  standing 
  in 
  water 
  of 
  considerable 
  depth. 
  The 
  water 
  is 
  shallow 
  for 
  a 
  

   little 
  distance 
  in 
  the 
  bay, 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  sparing 
  growth 
  of 
  aquatics, 
  such 
  

   as 
  yellow 
  and 
  white 
  water 
  lilies, 
  sedges, 
  and 
  cat-tails. 
  Not 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  

   species 
  of 
  insects 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  this 
  bay, 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  

   exceedingly 
  abundant; 
  as, 
  Chauliodes 
  rastricornis, 
  and 
  

   species 
  of 
  Gomphus 
  and 
  of 
  Tetragoneuria. 
  

  

  The 
  outlet 
  of 
  Little 
  Clear 
  pond 
  offered 
  considerable 
  variety 
  of 
  situa- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  small 
  compass. 
  Its 
  east 
  shore 
  was 
  strewn 
  with 
  logs 
  so 
  thickly 
  as 
  

   to 
  be 
  difficult 
  of 
  access 
  with 
  a 
  boat 
  except 
  next 
  the 
  lake, 
  where 
  was 
  a 
  

  

  