152 Fish and Game Warden. [Bull. No. 1. 



Specimen No. 16 — Pond No. ^. 



Total length of specimen, 12.75 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



One goldfish, 2.50 inches in length. 



Nine snails. 



One moth. 



One spider. 



Some larvae and small water insects. 



Five pieces of gravel, size of wheat grains to peas, were in the 

 stomach of this anima.. 'i ho?e may have been taken with some 

 kind of food; snails sometimes stick to pebbles. 



Specimen No. 17 — Pond No. U- 

 Total length of specimen, 13 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 

 Two large water beetles. 

 Two dragon flies. 

 Three dragon fly larvas. 

 Seven snails. 



Some small insects and some vegetable matter. The latter was prob- 

 ably swallowed accidentally while feeding upon the water forms of 

 animal life. 



Specimen No. 18 — Pond No. i. 

 Total length of specimen, 10 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 

 Two water beetles. 

 Five snails. 

 Some small insects and larvae. 



Specimen No. 19 — Pond No. U- 

 Total length of specimen, 12 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



One crappie, 2.50 inches in length. 



One large tadpole, vdth trace of snails and insects in stomach. 



Specmien No. 20 — Po7id No. U- 

 Total length of specimen, 12.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 



One Bullhead catfish 3.50 inches in length, and a small mass of partly 

 digested insects and snails. 



Pond No. 5. — This pond had been stocked with goldfish the 

 previous spring and had plenty of young goldfish in it. 



Specim,e7i No. 21 — Pond No. 5. 

 Total length of specimen, 14 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 



This frog had seven goldfish in its stomach, ranging in size from 1.50 



to 2.50 inches in length. 

 No trace of any other food. 



Specimen No. 22 — Pond No. 5. 

 Total length of specimen, 12.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 

 One goldfish. 

 Two sunfish. 



When the frog was cut open one of the sunfish was alive. It was 

 placed in a bucket of water and soon began to move about. It 

 finally became active and was returned to the pond in apparently 

 good condition. 



