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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Area ponderosa — Continued. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7536 bis (i shell), 7543 bis(i), 
7546 (2 shells)*, 7551 (several shells), 7556 (few 
shells), 7556 bis (2 shells), 7557 (1 shell), 7562 
(1 shell), 7563 (few shells), 7563 bis, 7567 (sev- 
eral shells), 7568 (few shells), 7574 (few shells), 
7576 (several shells), 7577 (several shells), 7579 
(2 shells), 7583 (1 small shell), 7592 (1 small 
shell), 7619 (? few shells), 7620 (? few shells), 
7661 (? few shells)*, 7680 (1 small shell), 7701 
(several shells), 7703 (2 shells), 7734 (2 shells), 
7740 (1 shell), 7771 (1 shell). 
Verrill has expressed doubt as to whether Area 
ponderosa lives in this region, since no living 
specimens have been noted north of Cape Hat- 
teras. He thought it possible that the shells 
found at Edgartown might have been washed 
out from submerged post-Pliocene deposits. 
Mr. G. M. Gray likewise reports that he has 
never taken this species alive. Dr. Dali in- 
forms us, however, that the National Museum 
contains a fresh valve, retaining the epidermis, 
taken in Vineyard Sound in 1870; and Mr. C. 
W. Johnson reports that he has found more 
than one shell of this species still bearing evi- 
dent traces of the hinge ligament and epider- 
mis, on a beach near Chatham Light. 
Area transversa (Say). Bloody clam. [Chart 132.] 
Gould, 1870, p. 148; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
691, 309, etc. ( Scapharca transversa). 
Shells very abundant and generally distributed, 
both in the Bay and the Sound, being dredged 
in 2 to 19 fathoms; living specimens compara- 
tively scarce, taken in 3 to 13 fathoms on vari- 
ous bottoms. — Survey. 
This mollusk is abundant in shallower waters 
than those reached by the dredge. 
Fish Hawk stations : 7521 (many shells), 7521 bis 
(2 shells), 7525 bis (few shells), 7526 (few 
shells), 7528 (few shells), 7531 (many shells), 
7532 (1 shell), 7533 (few shells), 7533 bis (2 
shells), 7534 (1 shell), 7535 (several shells), 7536 
(few shells), 7536 bis (few shells), 7.537 bis (few 
shells), 7541 (1 shell), 7543 (many shells), 7543 
bis (1 large living), 7546 (1 shell), 7546bis(sev- 
eral shells), 7547 (few shells), 7547 bis (several 
shells), 7551 bis (1 shell), 7552 bis (few shells), 
7553 (1 shell), 7554 (x shell), 7554 bis (few 
shells), 7556 (few shells), 7556 bis (numerous 
shells), 7557 (1 shell), 7558 (few shells), 7563 
(few shells), 7563 bis (numerous shells), 7565 (2 
shells), 7565 bis (few shells), 7566 (few shells)*, 
7567 (many shells), 7568 (few shells), 7569 (1 
shell), 7569 bis (few shells), 7570 (few shells), 
7571 (few shells), 7575 (x shell), 7576 (several 
shells), 7577 (many shells), 7578 (few), 7579 
Area transversa — Continued. 
(several shells), 7580 (two shells), 7581 (1 small 
shell), 7582 (few shells), 7583 (few shells), 
7584 (few shells), 7585 (several shells), 7588 (1 
shell), 7591 (few shells), 7593 (1 shell), 7596 
(several shells), 7597 (few shells), 7598 (few 
shells), 7601 (1 shell), 7610 (several shells), 
7611, 7612 (1 living), 7613 (several shells), 7615 
(several shells), 7616 (several shells and living), 
7618 (several shells'), 7620 (many shells), 7621 
(many shells), 7622 (many shells), 7624 (many 
shells), 7625 (several shells), 7626 (many 
shells), 7628 (many shells), 7629 (many shells), 
7630 (few shells), 7631 (abundant), 7632 (sev- 
eral), 7633 (many shells), 7634 (many shells), 
7635 (many shells), 7636 (several shells), 763S 
(few shells), 7639 (many shells), 7642 (1 shell), 
7643 (few shells), 7644 (several shells), 7645 
(several shells), 7646 (few shells), 7647 (few 
shells), 7648 (many shells), 7649 (few shells), 
7651 (many shells), 7652 (1 living and many 
shells), 7653 (few shells), 7654 (few shells), 
7655 (very few shells), 7656 (few shells), 7657 
(numerous shells), 7658 (few shells), 7659 (nu- 
merous shells), 7660 (numerous shells), 7661 
(many shells)*, 7663 (many shells), 7664, 7667 
(1 shell on Diopatra tube), 7671 (numerous 
shells), 7672 (few shells), 7674 (several shells), 
7675 (numerous shells), 7678 (2 shells), 7679 
(several shells), 7680 (several shells), 7682 (1 
shell), 7683 (1 shell), 7688 (1 shell), 7694 (few' 
shells), 7695 (few shells), 7696 (1 shell), 7697 
(few shells), 7698 (1 shell), 7699 (1 shell), 7700 
(several shells), 7701 (many shells), 7702 (many 
shells), 7703 (many shells), 7704 (1 shell), 7705 
(1 shell), 7706 (2 shells), 7709 (few small shells), 
7717 (few shells), 7719 (shells), 7720 (1 shell), 
7723 (1 shell), 7724 (1 small living), 7726 (1 
shell), 7728 (1 living), 7731 (2 shells), 7734 (sev- 
eral shells), 7736 (1 shell), 7739 (1 shell), 7740 
(several shells), 7741 (1 shell), 7744 (fewshells), 
7751 (1 shell), 7752 (several shells), 7753 (1 
shell), 7755 (2 shells), 7757 (1 living and 1 
shell), 7758 (1 shell), 7760 (1 living and few 
shells), 7762 (several shells), 7763 (1 shell), 
7764, 7766 (several shells), 7767 (1 shell), 7769 
(several shells), 7770 (fewshells), 7771 (several 
shells), 7772 (1 shell), 7776 (1 small shell), 7777 
(1 shell), 7778 (1 shell), 7779 (fewshells), 7780 
(fewshells), 7782 (1 small shell), 7783 (x shell). 
Phalarope stations: 1 (few shells), 2 (few small 
shells), 5 (1 shell), 7 (1 shell), 8 (few), 10 (1), 11 
(1), 15 (few shells), 25 (few shells), 27 (1), 28 
(1), 29 (fewshells), 30 (1 living), 34 (fewshells), 
39 (few shells), 40 (few shells), 41 (few shells), 
42 (few shells), 43 (shells), 52 (few living and 
shells), 53 (few shells), 56 (few'. shells), 58, 59 
