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Specimen No. 23 — Poyid No. 5. 

 Total length of specimen, 11.25 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



Two red goldfish, each about 3 inches in length. One was pretty well 



digested. 

 No other food. 



Specimen No. 2U — Pond No. 5. 

 Total length of specimen, 11 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach. 

 Two mole crickets. 

 Three water beetles. 

 Two white moths and three cottonwood buds. 



Specimen No. 25 — Pond No. 5. 

 Total length of specimen, 12 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 



Two whole and two partly digested water beetles. 

 Three spiders, parts of snails and insects, and several small pieces of 

 gravel. 



Pond No. 6. — There were crappie, sunfish, bullheads and 

 some goldfish in this pond. 



Specimen No. 26 — Pond No. 6. 

 Total length of specimen, 14.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 



One crappie 2.50 inches long. 



One Bullhead catfish 3.50 inches long. 



One crayfish. 



Specimeyi No. 27 — Pond No. 6. 

 Total length of specimen, 13.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 

 Three large tadpoles. 

 One half-grown crayfish. 



Two water beetles and a bunch of half-digested stuff that showed 

 traces of snails and insects. 



Specimen No. 28 — Pond No. 6. 

 Total length of specimen, 11.50 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach: 

 Two large water beetles. 



One dragon fly and a mass of water larvse and small insects partly 

 digested. 



Specimen No. 29 — Pond No. 6. 

 Total length of specimen, 11.25 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 

 One mole cricket. 

 Three spiders. 



One larva over two inches long of a water beetle, and some partly 

 digested insects and snails. 



Specimen No. 30 — -Pond No. 6. 

 Total length of specimen, 13.25 inches. 

 Food contents of stomach : 



Four large blowflies. 



One large black land beetle. 



Three green land bugs, with traces of snails and insects. 



