124 SUN FISH. 



same pond, as their habits and wants are pre- 

 cisely the same. It spawns in the month of May- 

 seeking shoal water, with a gravelly bottom. 



The treatment of the eggs and young fish 

 may be the same as in the preceding fish. 



It is a greedy biter, aff'ording great sport to 

 lady and juvenile anglers, and j)refers the com- 

 mon angle worm to any other kind of bait. 



