(78) 



STICKLEBACKS. GASTEROSTEIDAE. 



23. Brook Stichlebach. Eucalia inconstans, Kirt. (1). Entomos- 

 traca (Cyclopidae and Eurycercus), and many mulberry-like masses of eggs 

 (mollusks ?} 



SILVERSIDES, ATHERINIDAE. 



24. River Silverside. Labidesthes sicculus; Cope. (5). Chiefly mi- 

 nute Crustacea (copepoda and cladocera). A few small diptera and larvae 

 of small dragon flies. 



Cyclopidae 3, Daphniadae 3, (Bosmina,* Daphnia *), Lynceidae 1, 

 (Eurycercus *}, small diptera 3, larvae of Agrioninae 1. 



TOOTHED MINNOWS. CYPRINODONTIDAE. (7). 



Chiefly insects, aquatic and terrestrial; Crustacea (amphipoda and 

 cladocera), and gasteropod mollusks. 



25. Barred Killifish. Fundulus diaphanus, LeS. (2). Planorbis 

 and Pisidium, larvae of small diptera, Allorchestes, and cladocera of the 

 family Lynceidae. 



26. Top Minnoios. Zygonectes notatus, Raf. (3). Bones of a small 

 fish. Several small winged hymenoptera, small wingless ants, a spring beetle 

 (Elateridae), a few hemiptera, several diptera and diptera larvae and pu- 

 pae, a small spider, Crangonyx gracilis, and a number of Daphniidae and 

 Lynceidae (Eurycercus, &c.) 



27. Striped Top Minnow. Zygonectes dispar, Ag. ('2). Physa and 

 Planorbis, hemiptera and small diptera, and a few Lynceidae. 



MUD MINNOWS. UMBRIDAE. 



28. Mud Minnow. Melanura limi, Kirt. (2). Many water mites 

 (Hydrachnidae), diptera larvae, Cypris, Planorbis, and fragments of unrecog 

 nizable insects. 



PIKES. ESOCIDAE. {8.) 



Fishes of several families, and tadpoles. 



29. Northern Pike. Esox lucius, L. (8.) Only fishes. The eight 

 specimens contained remains of 1 2 fishes, among which were a black bass 

 (Ambloplites rupestris), and another ctenoid fish, a gizzard shad (Dorosoma), 

 a toothed herring (Hyodon), 3 cyprinoids (1 Campostoma anomalum and 1 

 Alburnops ?), an Ichthyobus and another large cycloid fish. 



* See appendix. 



