Part III.] Pond Fish Culture. _ 151 



Specimen No. 9 — Pond No. 2. 

 Total length of specimen, 12.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



Two mole crickets. 



Three water beetles. 



Five brown cutworm moths. 



Specimen No. 10 — Pond No. 2. 

 Total length of specimen, 13.75 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



One partly digested crayfish. 

 Three mole crickets. 



A small mass of partly digested water bugs and beetles. 

 Four buds that had fallen from a cottonwood tree, each about as large 

 as a navy bean, were found in the stomach of this frog. 



Pond No. 3. — The small young fish had been removed from 

 this pond the previous fall. The pond was stocked v^ith large 

 crappie and Black bass. There were very few, if any, small 

 fish in this pond for the bullfrogs to feed upon. 



Specimen No. 11 — Pond No. 3. 

 Total length of specimen, 12.75 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



Two large green bullfrog tadpoles (its own kind). 



No trace of any other kind of food. 



Specimen No. 12 — Pond No. 3. 

 Total length of specimen, 13 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



This specimen had swallowed another bullfrog of its own kind, over 

 half its own size. The food frog was partly digested, and we could 

 not get its exact length. It was about 10 inches long. 

 One white moth and about a dozen snails, evidently taken for dessert, 

 completed the breakfast of this specimen. 



Specimen No. 13 — Pond No. 3. 

 Total length of specimen, 11.25 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 

 Two dragon flies. 

 One mole cricket. 



One black land beetle and a small mass of half digested snails, with 

 fragments of insects. 



Specimen No. H- — Pond No. 3. 

 Total length of specimen, 14 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



Three large bullfrog tadpoles. 



No trace of any other food. 



Specimen No. 15 — Pond No. 3. 

 Total length of specimen, 14.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 



One frog of its own kind, 9 inches long. 



No trace of any other food. 



Pond No. 4. — This pond had a variety of fish in it, such as 

 bass, crappie, sunfish, catfish and goldfish. 



