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two adults; Echeneis naucrates and Palinurickthys perciformis, 

 pelagic species, were each represented by a single individual, 

 the reroora having probably entered with an incoming vessel. 



Of the fishes usually to be found in the bay in the months 

 devoted to this investigation the following were not seen: Raja 

 sp., Pomolobus mediocris, Stolephorus brownii, Pygosteus pungitius? 

 Gasterosteus bispinosus, Hippocampus hudsonius, Caranx hippos, 

 Alectis cilharis, Selene vomer, Trachinotus carolinus, Centropristes 

 stria-tus young, Bairdiella chrysura, Menticirrhus saxatilis, Alona- 

 canthus hispidus, and Phycis tenuis. 



The following species were present in great abundance: sand 

 shark, bluefish, weakfish, menhaden, MitchilPs anchovy and sil- 

 ver gar. 



There was an unusual scarcity of: Luewiia parva, Siphostoma 

 fuscum, Ammodytes amerieanus, Scomber scombrus, Trachinotus fal- 

 catus, Morone americana, Stenotomus chrysops young, Cynoscion 

 regalis young, Leiostomus xanthurus young, Tautogolabrus adsper- 

 sus young, Prionotus spp. young, and Alutera schoepfii. 



Edible crabs of large size were very scarce till the latter 

 part of July or early August. Jellyfish were excessively abund- 

 ant during the entire summer, and were observed frequently to 

 contain small fish of several species, as, for example, Funduhis 

 heteroclitus, Cyprinodon variegatus, and Apeltes qwadracus. 



Several diamond-back terrapin were seen in Colonel's Island 

 creek, July 16, and one of them was secured for the Museum. 



One species of fish, observed in Clam Pond cove, could not 

 be caught. It was the banded rudder fish, Seriola zonata. 

 Several young mackerel, Scomber scombrus, were observed in the 

 same cove but were not taken. 



The apparatus employed, included seines, gill nets, oyster 

 tongs, clam tongs, eelpots, spears and lines. Much attention 

 was given to night fishing with lanterns and gill nets. In ac- 

 cordance with his instructions, his efforts were directed chiefly to 

 the study of the breeding and feeding habits of the marine fishes. 

 The work began too late to cover the breeding season of the 

 majority of the fishes, but many observations were made on the 



