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(6) Stations 7676 to 7783 (except 771 1 to 7716) are in Vineyard Sound, beginning 

 at the western end and passing eastward, though the order is not at all regular. 



(7) Stations 771 1 to 7716, inclusive, do not appear upon the chart. 



(8) Stations 1 to 19, 24 to 43, and 52 to 167 were dredged by the Phalarope; 20 to 

 23 and 44 to 51 by the Blue Wing. 



(9) Stations 1 to tj are in Vineyard Sound. No. 1 is along the shore of Nonamesset 

 Island. The first series continues, not always in regular order, to 38, at Cuttyhunk, 

 though 35, 36, and 37 are at Sow and Pigs Reef. Stations 39 to 43 are along the shoal 

 Middle Ground. Stations 44 to 51 and 56 to 60 are at Gay Head; 61, 62, and 63 are near 

 West Chop; 64 to 68 are along the shore of Marthas Vineyard from Prospect Hill to 

 Cedar Tree Neck; 69 to 72 are in Vineyard Haven; while stations 73 to yj extend from 

 Nortons Point to Cedar Tree Neck. 



(10) Stations 78 to 167 are in Buzzards Bay. They commence at Nashawena 

 Island, and extend northeastward along the shores of Pasque and Naushon; the series 

 then skips to Cuttyhunk (99 to 104), then to Weepecket Islands (105 to no), then to 

 Cuttyhunk again (in and 112) and to Penikese (113 to 116). Station ii7isatUnca- 

 tena Island, and 118 to 123 are in the immediate neighborhood of Woods Hole. From 

 this point the series extends pretty regularly up the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay, 

 and from the head of the Bay, down the western shore, at wider intervals. 



The complete records of four of our stations (dredge hauls) are presented herewith. 

 We have selected one Fish Hawk station in Buzzards Bay (7656), one Fish Hawk station 

 in Vineyard Sound (7730), one Phalarope station in Vineyard Sound (52), and one 

 Phalarope station in Buzzards Bay (83). In each case, that station, within each group, 

 has been selected from which the greatest number of species was recorded. Thus, 61 

 species of animals and 20 species of plants were found at station no. 7656; 81 animals 

 and 13 plants at no. 7730; 72 animals and 14 plants at no. 52; and 68 animals and 11 

 plants at no. 83. These are accordingly not typical dredge hauls in the sense of being 

 average ones, numerically speaking. On the other hand, the bottoms which were 

 traversed were probably characteristic enough of the regions which they represent. 



No attempt has been made by us, here or elsewhere, to count the number of indi- 

 vidual organisms taken in a single haul of the dredge. Such figures are, however, so 

 entirely dependent upon the character and size of the dredge employed, and the dura- 

 tion of the haul, that we do not believe that the value of any results of this sort would 

 have been commensurate with the labor involved in counting. 



Even these maximum figures from our dredging in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards 

 Bay fail much below some of those offered by Herdman and Dawson (1902, p. 20 et seq.). 

 For example, in three successive hauls in the neighborhood of Port Erin, at depths of 

 16 to 18 fathoms, these writers record 93, in, and 156 species of animals. Moreover, 

 we are informed that these hauls are "characteristic" and not "picked" ones, being 

 made "for the purpose of comparison with some published from other seas." Further 

 comparisons between the fauna of our region and that of the Irish Sea, in respect to 

 wealth of species, will be found on pages 8S and 89. 



a The numbers for these stations are about twice the average ones. See p. 77. 



