NO. 7 PROTECTIVE ADAPTATIONS — McATEE I93 



Scott, Thomas. 



igo2. Observations on the food of iislies. 20th Ann. Rep. Fishery Board 



Scotland 190 1, pt. 3, pp. 486-53S. Notes on 56 species. 

 1903. Some further observations on the food of fishes, with a note on the 

 food observed in the stomach of a common porpoise. 21st Ann. 

 Rep. Fishery Board .Scotland 1902, pp. 218-227, 2 figs. 



Sibley, C. K. 



1929. The food of certain fishes of the Lake Erie Drainage Basin. Suppl. 

 18th Ann. Rep., New York Conserv. Dep. 1928, pp. 180-188. 

 Thirty-four species feed mainly on immature aquatic insects, es- 

 pecially midge larvae, and Crustacea ; eight species are pronounced 

 spawn-eaters ; small fish are important food of the larger species ; 

 food of young chiefly copepods and Cladocera. 



Smallwood, W. M., and Struthers, P. H. 



1927. Carp control studies in Oneida Lake. Suppl. 17th Ann. Rep., New 

 York Conserv. Dep., pp. 67-83. Much on food ; animal matter taken 

 by adults includes fish, ostracods, phyllopods, copepods, crayfish, 

 midge and caddis larvae and other insects; by young, ostracods, 

 copepods, Cladocera, insect larvae, snails, worms, mites, eggs of 

 snails, insects and copepods, rotifers, and bivalves. 



Smith, Hugh M. 



1896. A review of the history and results of the attempts to acclimatize 

 fish and other water animals in the Pacific States. Bull. U. S. 

 Fish Comm., vol. 15, 1895, pp. 379-472, pis. 73-83. Notes on food 

 of a few species. Catfish, fish eggs and fry; carp, spawn; shad, 

 shrimps ; striped bass, carp, catfish, crabs. 



Smith, W. Ramsay. 



1889. On the food of fishes. 7th Ann. Rep. Fishery Board Scotland 1888, 



pp. 222-258. 



1890. On the food of fishes. 8th Ann. Rep. Fishery Board Scotland 1889, 



pp. 230-256. 



1891. On the food of fishes. 9th Ann. Rep., Fishery Board Scotland 1890, 



pp. 222-242. 



1892. On the food of fishes. loth Ann. Rep. Fishery Board Scotland 189 1, 



pp. 211-231. This and similar papers in three previous reports are 

 based on investigations of Thomas Scott. 



Stewart, N. H. 



1926. Development, growth, and food habits of the white sucker, Catosto- 

 imis conimersonii Lesueur. Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries, vol. 42, pp. 

 147-184, 55 figs. Among animal food midge larvae are most impor- 

 tant at all ages ; some rotifers, Entomostraca, and Protozoa are taken 

 at all stages also, but dragonfly, caddisfly, mayfly larvae, and 

 Mollusca are taken only by adults. Bibliography. 



Struthers, P. H. 



1929. Carp control studies in the Erie Canal. Suppl. i8th Ann. Rep. New 

 York Conserv. Dep. 1928, pp. 208-219. Animal food (p. 214) in- 

 cludes insect larvae, snails, midge larvae, bivalves, ostracods, 

 Malacostraca, copepods, Cladocera, and decapods. 



