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Other specimens, opened at various times, show that this fish is a very- 

 general feeder, eating all kinds of small Crustacea, Annelids, bivalve 

 and univalve mollusks, &c. 



Tautog; Black Fish 5 {Tautoya onltis.) 



Specimens caught at Wood's Hole, May 23, contained the common 

 rock-crab, Cancer irroratus ; hermit-crabs, -£7 «<2>aY/ur?/s longiearims ; shells, 

 Tritia trivittata, all crushed. 



Others caught May 26 contained Eupagurus lyolUcaris ; E. longicar- 

 2)118 ; the haruacle, Balanus crenatus ; the squid, Xo^i//o Pealii ; Tritia 

 trivittata. Others taken May 29 had Cancer irroratus ; mud-crabs, 

 Panoiyeus depressus ; lady-crabs, Platijonichus ocellatus ; shells, Tritia 

 trivittata, Crepidula fornicata, Argina pexata, and the scollop, Fecten 

 irradians ; barnacles, Balanus crenatus, all well broken up. 



Another taken May 31 contained Flatyoniclius ocellatus ; Tritia trivit- 

 tata. 



Others taken June 3 contained the mud-crab, Panopeus depressus; tri- 

 angular crab, Pelia mutica; Crepidula unguiformis ; Triforis nigrocinctus ; 

 the common muscle, Mytilus edulis ; and the "horse-muscle," Modiola 

 modiolus. 



Another, on June 10, contained the common rock-crab. Cancer irrora- 

 tus ; mud-crab, Panopeus Sayi ; Nucidaproxima ; several ascidians, Cyn- 

 thia partita and Leptoclinum alhidum. 



Two caught July 8 and 15 contained small lobsters, Homarus Ameri" 

 canus; Crepidula fornicata ; Bittium nigrum ; abryozoan, Crisiaehurnea ; 

 sand-dollars, Echinarachnius parma. 



A specimen caught in August contained long-clams, Mya arenaria ; 

 muscles, Hytilus edulis ; Petricola plioladiformis. 



Weak-Fish ; Squeteague; {Cynoscion regalis.) 



Several caught in seines at Great Egg Harbor, Xew Jersey, April, 1871, 

 with menhaden, &c., contained large quantities of shrimp, Crangon vul- 

 garis, unmixed wdth other food. 



Specimens taken at Wood's Hole, in July, often contained sand-crabs, 

 Platyoniclms ocellatus ; and very frequently squids, Loligo Pealii. 



KiNG-FiSH; {Menticirrus nehulosus.) 



Four specimens taken in seines at Great Egg Harbor, April, 1871, con- 

 tained only shrimp, Crangon vulgaris. 



Others taken at Wood's Hole, May 29, were filled with Crangon vul- 

 garis. 



Specimens taken in July contained rock-crabs, Cancer irroratus ; 

 squids, Loligo Pealii. 



EuDDER-FiSH ; {Palinurichthys perciformis.) 



A specimen caught at Wood's Hole, in August, contained a small 

 Squilla empusa; and young squids, Loligo Pealii. 



