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Vegetable tater is cies ois tcctha mia @ arecpieva tes <xerahee saste 20 per cent. 
IiNG(e Cnet ah do's Gedo obo bideioig GbisloplomaclIbodigclcacis 29 per cent. 
Mollusca. snake serine ee Seici eric rate 30 per cent. 
OimIEKCETIS G ining ono boo somogugoDaDesaddemSeo0c 20 per cent. 
Miscellaneous mia Ge cee hie ti tee ae eee 1 per cent. 
In the Mollusea, three genera are represented : 
Vivipara, taken in October. 
Planorbis, taken in October. 
Spherium, taken in August and October. 
Spherium suleatum, taken in October. 
+ Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque). Quillback ; Silver Carp. 
Forbes (1888, a, p. 453-454; includes several species of 
the genus Carpiodes) examined 19 specimens in which the 
food content was made up of 
Vegetable food (mostly Wolffia).............. 8 per cent. 
Mlolnscan {ISP RCZt10711))\ | oreo xs celonuesetedetonakolotohioka ete oir 25 per cent. 
Insecta (principally Chironomus larve)........ 33 per cent. 
Crustacea (mostly Hntomostraca)............. 25 per cent. 
Mins cellamGOusiiy. astern i-felveieier-oeiiies fated olen ret 9 per cent. 
The Mollusca were noted in August and October. 
* Minytrema melanops (Rafinesque). Spotted Sucker; 
Striped Sucker. 
Forbes (1888, a, p. 444) examined four specimens which 
contained nearly all Mollusea, principally Spherwm; a few 
Entomostraca, principally Cyclops and Cypris, and a small 
ratio of Chironomus larve. Two molluscan genera have been 
reported. 
Amnicola, taken in October. 
Spherium, taken in September and October. 
Bean (1902, p. 283; 1903, p. 108) says “it feeds almost 
entirely on mollusks, insects, and insect larvee.” 
Catostomus commersonti (Lacépéde). Common Sucker; 
Fine Scaled Sucker. 
Thirteen specimens were examined (12 of which were from 
Oneida Lake) of which 2 contained Mollusca, 4 Crustacea, 1 
