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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Hyas coarctatus — Continued. 
Crab Ledge (5 stations), western end of Vineyard 
Sound (6 stations) ; dredged in 10 to 20 fathoms, 
only twice at lesser depths, on bottoms of sand 
and gravel. — Survey. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7603 (many)*, 7604 (few), 
7606 (few), 7607 (several small), 7608 (few), 
7689 (1)*, 7700 (1)*, 7706(1)*, 7717 (1)*, 7718 
(1)*. 
Phalarope station: 32*. 
Pelia mutica (Gibbes). [Chart 113.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, pp. 548, 395, etc.; M. J. 
Rathbun, 1893, p. 89; 1905, p. 89; Bumpus, 
1898b. 
Rather common in Vineyard Sound, chiefly in 
eastern half; a few scattered stations in the 
Bay; dredged in 3 to 17 fathoms, on sand, 
gravel, and stones. — Survey. Woods Hole 
Harbor, on local pier. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7522 (1 male, 2 females: 1 
with eggs), 7530 bis (1), 7531 bis (1), 7532 (1), 
7533 bis ( ?I ). 753 6 (several), 7538 (1), 7538 bis 
(1 with eggs), 7541 bis (1), 7543 (1), 7544 (1). 
7546 (1), 7547 bis (1 with eggs), 7550 bis (1), 
575 1 bis (few), 7552 (1), 75 6 5 bis (1 very small?), 
7613 (1 with eggs), 7639 (1), 7689 ( 1 with eggs)*, 
775 s *> 7759 *> 77 6 7 *> 7768*, 7778 (1)*, 7782*. 
Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 9 (1 with 
eggs), 14 (1), 16 (1 with eggs), 22 (1 with eggs), 
24 (several with eggs), 25 (few with eggs), 26 
(1), 32 (2 with eggs), 34 (1), 36 (1), 62 (1), 63 
(few), 67 (1 with eggs), 69 (few small), 74 (1), 
86, 1 13 (1 ovigerous female), 117 (1), 134 (1), 
141 (2). 
Bumpus reports the occurrence of eggs in early 
embryonic stages during the first week in July. 
Libinia emarginata Leach. [Chart 114.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 548, 368, etc. ( Libi - 
nia canaliculata ) , S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 45; M. J. 
Rathbun, 1892, p. 235; 1905, p. 12. 
Abundant and almost universally distributed 
throughout Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. 
Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 19 fathoms, on 
every sort of bottom. Found everywhere on 
muddy shores and flats. Large specimens are 
taken in great abundance in the local fish traps 
and lobster pots, 135 specimens being found 
on one occasion in a single lobster pot. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7521 bis (1 small), 7522 bis 
(1 small), 7523 (1 very small), 7523 bis (2 small), 
7524 bis (1 small), 7527 (1 young), 7530 bis (1), 
7532 bis (several small), 7533 bis (f£w), 7534 
(several small), 7535 (few small), 7535 bis (few 
small), 7536 (several), 7537 (several small), 
7537 bis (few), 7538 bis (1), 7541 (several small), 
7543 (several large), 7543 bis (many large), 7544 
Libinia emarginata — Continued. 
(few small), 7545 (few small), 7545 bis (several 
small), 7546 (1 small), 7547 (very few small), 
7547 bis (several), 7549 (few), 7549 bis (few), 
7550 (1), 7550 bis (few), 7551 (several small), 
7553 (1 small), 7553 bis (2), 7554 (2), 7554 bis 
(2), 7558 (few), 7561 (few small), 7563 (many 
small), 7564 (several small), 7564 bis (numer- 
ous, small), 7565 bis (1), 7570 (1 small), 7573 (1), 
7578 (1 small), 7581 (2 small), 7592 (x small), 
7610 (several large and small), 7611 (several 
large), 7612, (several), 7613 (1), 7614 (2 large), 
7616 (1), 7617 (1 large), 7618(1 small), 7619(2 
large with eggs, 1 small), 7620 (several large and 
small), 7621 (few), 7622 (1 large), 7623 (1 large 
and 1 small), 7624 (few, 1 large), 7625 (several, 
1 large), 7626 (several), 7627 (2 large), 7629 (1), 
7630 (1 small), 7632 (several large and small), 
7633 (several), 7634 (few females, 1 with eggs), 
7637 (several), 7638 (several large), 7646 (1), 
7648 (1), 7652 (1 large), 7653 (several alive), 
7654 (several large), 7656 (several large and 
small), 7657 (many large), 7660 (few), 7661 
(several), 7662 (few), 7663 (few), 7671 (1 small), 
7672, 7674 (few), 7675 (few), 7677 (few small), 
7679 (1 small), 7680 (1 young), 7681 (2 young), 
7682 (2 young), 7689 (2), 7697 (1 young), 7698 
(several), 7699 (small, young), 7700 (several 
small), 7701 (5 young), 7702 (several), 7703 
(several small), 7706 (few small), 7707 (1 small) 
7708 (several small), 7709 (several small), 7710 
(5 small), 7718 (several small), 7724 (many 
young), 7725 (3 young), 7726 (many young), 
7728 (4), 7729 (3), 7730 (many small), 7731, 
7735 (young), 7736 (2 medium), 7739, 7740 (3), 
7741 . 7749 . 775 1 (*)> 775 2 > 7755 . ( I )> 7757 (1 large 
and 1 medium), 7759 (7), 7760, 7761, 7762 (very- 
many, large and small), 7763 (many large), 7765 
( 1 large), 7766 (1), 7767, 7768, 7769, 7770, 7776 
(1 large), 7777, 7778, 7780, 7781 (several large 
and small), 7782, 7783 (2 large). 
Phalarope stations: 1 (many small), 2 (few 
small), 3 (few small), 5 (few small), 7 (1 small), 
8 (few), 10 (few), 11 (several), 13 (2), 18 (1), 24 
(2 young), 30 (few small), 34 (1 living, large), 52 
(several small), 53 (several small, 1 with eggs), 
59 (few), 62? (1), 63? (few), 64 (1 very small), 
65 (1 very small), 67 (1 small), 68 (1 small), 
70(1), 71 (several), 72 (several large), 73 (few), 
74 (several), 76 (few), 77 (2), 78 (few small 
young), 79 (few young), 80 (few young), 81 
(few young), 82, 83, 84, 90, 104 (1 young), 107 
(1), 108 (1), no (1), 114 (1 half grown), 115 
(young), 116 (2), 1 18 (several), 122 (1 young), 
125 (1 young), 129 (1), 131 (1 dead), 132 (sev- 
eral), 134 (several small), 140 (1 young), 142 
(1 young), 157 (1 large). 
