INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 519 



As an illustration of the character and diversity of the haddock's food, 

 I add a list of the species taken from the stomach of a single specimen, 

 from the Boston market, and doubtless caught in Massachusetts Bay, 

 September, 1871. 



GASTROPODS. 



Natica clausa. 

 Margarita Grcrnlandica. 



Leda tenuisulcata. 

 Nucula proxima. 

 N. tenuis. 

 Crenella glandula. 



LAMELLIBRANCHS. 



ECHINODERMS. 



Psolus phantapus. 

 Lophothuria Fabricii. 



In addition to these there were fragments of shrimp, probably Fanda- 

 Ins annulicornis, and numerous Annelids, too much digested for identi- 

 fication. 



Tom-Cod ; Frost-Fish ; {Microgadus tom-codus.) 



Several specimens from ISTew Haven Harbor, January 30, contained 

 numerous Amphipods, among which were Mcera levis ; Gamniarus, sp. ; 

 Ampelisca^si). ; an undetermined Macrouran; numerous Eutomostracaj 

 tha larva of Chironomns oceanicus. 



A lot taken in a small jiond at Wood's Hole, in March, by Mr. Viual 

 N. Edwards, contained the common shrimp, Crangon vulgaris ; large 

 numbers of the green shrimp, Vlrhius zoster Icola ; the prawn, Pakemo- 

 netcs vulgaris ; large quantities of Amphipods, especially of Gammarus 

 annulatus, G, natator^ CalUopius Iceviuscula, aud Microdeutojms minax ; 

 and smaller numbers of Gammarus ornatus and G. mucronatus. 



Another lot of twelve, taken in April at the same place, contained 

 most of the above, and in addition several other Amj^hipods, viz : Mmra 

 levis, Ponfogeneia inermis, Ptiloclieirus pinguis, and Caprella ; also Xereis 

 virens, and various small fishes. 



OCELLATED FLOUNDER; SUMMER FLOUNDER; {CJuoiopsetta ocellaris.) 

 Several specimens taken in the seines, at Great Egg Harbor, New 

 Jersey, in April, contained large quantities of shrimp, Crangon vulgaris 

 and Mysis Americana ; one contained a full-grown Gehia affinis. 



One caught at Wood's Hole, June 6, contained twenty-six specimens 

 of Yoldia limatula; and numerous shells of Nucula proxima, Angulus 

 tener, and Tritia trivittata ; and Amjihipod Crustacea belonging to the 

 genus AmpeJisca. 



