NO. 7 PROTECTIVE ADAPTATIONS McATEE I95 



WicKLiFF, Edward L. 



1920. Food of young small-mouth black bass in Lake Erie. Proc. Amer. 

 Fisheries Soc, pp. 364-371. Report on 313 specimens, the most 

 important items being copepods found in 61 per cent of the stomachs 

 and Cladocera in 39 per cent. Other commonly taken foods were 

 midge larvae and pupae, adult insects, fish, and mayfly nymphs. 



AMPHIBIA 



Drake, Carl J. 



1914. The food of Rana pipicns Schreber. Ohio Naturalist, vol. 14, no. 5, 

 pp. 257-269, Alar. Detailed account of the contents of 209 stomachs 

 collected at Cedar Point, Ohio. 



Frost, S. W. 



1924. Frogs as insect collectors. Journ. New York Ent. Soc, vol. 2>-, 

 no. 4, pp. 174-185, pi. 14, Dec. Eat worms, snails, crayfishes, 

 spiders, mites, insects and frogs ; insects most important. Larvae : 

 Lepidoptera 9; Coleoptera 24; Diptera 13; Neuroptera i. Adults: 

 Orthoptera i ; Hemiptera 25 ; Neuroptera 3 ; Mecaptera i ; Diptera 

 32>', Coleoptera 242; spiders Z7\ pseudoscorpions i. 



Garman, H. 



1901. The food of the toad. Bull. 91, Kentucky Agr. Exp. Sta., pp. 60-68, 

 fig. 16. Report on 20 stomach contents. 



Hamilton, W. J., Jr. 



1930. Notes on the food of the American toad. Copeia, 1930, no. 2, June 30, 

 p. 45. Bujo amcricamis. Report on food of 400 young toads : 

 Diptera 22 per cent, mostly larvae; mites 15.5 per cent; ants 

 12.8; beetles and their larvae 11.8, the most abundant group being 

 Staphylinidae ; thrips lo.i ; Collembola 6.2; Lepidoptera, Hymen- 

 optera, aphids, sowbugs, spiders, worms, and snails, the remainder. 



KiRKLAND, A. H. 



1904. Usefulness of the American toad. Farmers' Bull. no. 196, U. S. Dep. 

 Agr., 16 pp. Contents of 149 stomachs discussed. 

 Klugh, a. Brooker. 



1922. The economic value of the leopard frog. Copeia, no. 103, pp. 14-15, 

 Feb. 15. Contents of 25 stomachs ; chiefly M clanoplus jcmur-rnbnim 

 and Lcptinotarsa lo-Uneata. 

 MuNz, Philip A. 



1920. A study of the food habits of the Ithacan species of Antira during 

 transformation. Pomona Coll. Journ. Ent. Zool., vol. 12, no. 2, 

 PP- 33-56, June. Report on 586 stomachs of eight species ; sum- 

 maries of results of previous investigators. 

 .Sm.'Vllwood, W. M. 



1928. Notes on the food of some Onondaga Urodela. Copeia, no. 169, 

 pp. 89-98, Oct. 25. Ainbystoma maculatum: Centipeds, earth- 

 worms, snails, sowbugs, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles ; Plethodon 

 clncreiis: Centipeds, earthworms, snails, sowbugs, ants, beetles, 

 mites, spiders, phalangids, caterpillars, grasshoppers, flies spring- 

 tails; Eurycca bislincata: Earthworms, caterpillars, and beetle, 

 fly, and caddisfly larvae ; Trituriis viridescens: Snails, water- 

 boatmen, fish, earthworms, beetle larvae; bivalves, daphnia, cater- 



