FOOD OF YOUNG WINTER FLOUNDERS. a | 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 90; minimum, 85. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, 75; annelids, 20; débris, 5. Parasites: Distomes, 10. 
Length, 101 to 125.—Length, 104. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 2; 
annelids, 88; débris, 10. Parasites: Distomes, 2. 
Length, 126 to 150.—Length, 132. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 1; 
annelids, 95; débris, 4. 
STATION 29, MENEMSHA BIGHT, SEPTEMBER 10, 1915. 
{Sandy bottom with eelgrass; depth of water, 6 feet: temperature, 68° F.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Length, 70. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 4; anne- 
lids, 48; débris, 48. Parasites: Distomes, 5; nematodes (Filaria), 2. 
Length, 126 to 150.—Maximum length, 150; minimum, 140. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, trace; annelids, 50; bivalve mollusks, 2.5; débris, 47.5. Para- 
sites: Distomes, 1; Acanthocephala, 1 in one fish. 
Length, 151 to 175.—Maximum length, 162; minimum, 152; average, 156.3. Num- 
ber examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 9; annelids, 26.3; bivalve mollusks (broken 
shells, probably introduced with annelids), 3.3; shrimp, 10.6; débris, 50.6. Para- 
sites: Distomes, 2; nematodes, | small Filaria in one fish. 
STATION 380. GREAT HARBOR, SEPTEMBER 14, 1915 
[Sandy bottom] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Maximum length, 72; minimum, 62; average, 66.5. Number 
examined, 4. Food: Amphipods, 69.5; annelids, 10; ostracodes, trace; débris (sand, 
with annelid sete), 19.5. Parasites: Distomes, 1.5; sporocysts, few, 0.5 mm. in 
diameter, on intestine of one fish. 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 96; minimum, 84; average, 88.3. Number 
examined, 3. Iood: Amphipods, 14.3; annelids, 69.6; Cumacea, 1.3; débris (some red 
alga in one fish), 14.6. Parasites: Distomes, 1. 
Length, 126 to 150.—Length, 128. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 15; 
débris (sand, with annelid setz, alimentary canal nearly empty), 85. Parasites: 
Sporozoa, large numbers of cysts, | mm. and less in diameter, on intestine. 
STATION 31. EEL POND, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915. 
[Bottom, mud and eelgrass; temperature of water, 70° F.] 
Length, 51 to 75.—Length each, 70. Number examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 
91.7; annelids, 8.3. Parasites: Distomes, 1 in one fish; nematodes, 1 in one fish; 
Sporozoa, wall of intestine of one fish thickly beset with small cysts, 0.4 mm., more or 
less, in diameter, and | cyst, 2 mm. in diameter, on intestine of another. 
Length, 76 to 100.—Maximum length, 90; minimum, 87; average, 98. Number 
examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 97.6; bivalve mollusks. 0.3; ostracodes, 2. Para- 
sites: Distomes, 2. 
STATION 32. EEL POND, OCTOBER 18, 1915. 
[Muddy bottom; temperature of water, 55° I’.] 
Length, 101 to 125.—Length, 104. Number examined, 1. Food: Amphipods, 80; 
annelids, trace; bivalve mollusks, trace; ostracodes, trace; débris, 20. Parasites: 
Nematodes, | (Filaria). 
Length, 126 to 150.—Maximum length, 150; minimum, 130; average, 136.6. _Num- 
ber examined, 3. Food: Amphipods, 53.3; annelids, 3.3; bivalve mollusks, 0.3; 
ostracodes, 0.3; débris (some vegetable material, scales and bits of muscle tissue of 
fish, and crustacean fragments), 42.6. Parasites: Nematodes, 1 (Filaria) in one fish; 
Sporozoa, large numbers of cysts on intestine of each fish, 1 mm. and less in diameter. 
The alimentary canal of one fish, 150 mm. in length, was nearly empty; the tissue of 
the intestinal wall was almost completely replaced by cysts. In each case the cysts 
were closely crowded together and the intestine was easily broken. 
Length, 151 to 175.—Maximum length, 158; minimum, 155. Number examined, 2. 
Food: Amphipods, 12.5; annelids, 30; ostracodes, trace; débris, 57.5. 
