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just Inside of the oouch of English Harbor disr@ they were collected 
in very shallow water not exceeding a foot in depth* Their distri* 
but Ion in this particular area as it is in deny of the other a re a s 
was restricted exactly to the area covered by a particular growth 
on the rocks. This growth is difficult to describe but on the other 
hand is easily recognised once a person has seen it* A very crude 
description of this covering would be a coarse moss of from a half 
inch to an inch and a half long that ranges in color from a grey to 
a brown. Specimens are frequently found partially buried in little 
pockets of loose coral sand that is deposited in crevasses of dead 
coral* On the other hand in sense areas they are collected out in the 
open on top of the rocks but always under water* 
7* Hone of the specimens were apparently traveling when they were 
observed* In moat eases they appear to he at rest among the cover* 
lag previously described or partially covered with sand. 
$• Specimens that are collected and removed from the water frequently 
come partly out of their shells and appear to be quite active. 
9» In areas where only one or two specimens are found it seems that 
they were most often immature and in some cases only immature ones 
were found. 
10. Most collecting areas had a general physical characteristic in that 
the animals were found in fairly shallow water within a short distance 
of the beach among rocks mod dead coral with a higher ridge of rock 
