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

 Platyoniehus oeellatus ; and very frequently squids, Loligo Pealii. 



August 8. — Nearly every one of ten specimens opened contained six 

 scup (Stenotomus argyrops); one had a herring (Clupea elongata). 



August 11. — Twenty specimens contained on an average about five 

 scup each. Some were empty, while others had as many as nine. One 

 or two squid were found. 



August 12.— Twenty-five specimens examined contained on an average 

 about four scup each; a few shiners, butterfisb (Poronotus triaccmthus), 

 and squid were also found. 



August 14. — Twenty specimens opened ; of these one or two were 

 empty, and the remainder had on an average about three scup each, 

 without other kinds of food. 



August 15. — Of fifteen squeteague examined, three had empty stom- 

 achs, and the remainder were more or less full of scup; a butterfisb 

 was found in one stomach. 



August 10. — Out of ten specimens examined two were empty, and 

 eight had a total of twenty-five scup. 



August 19. — Ten squeteague opened contained a total of thirty-nine 

 scup and six butterfisb. One had nine scup in his stomach. 



August 21. — Of forty specimens opened nearly all had more or less 

 scup, with a few butterfisb and squid. 



September 2. — One squeteague had six butterfisb ; another a scup, 

 with eel-grass (Zostcra) ; another eel-grass only. 



September G. -One specimen contained three butterfisb, two scup, 

 and two dotted scad (Decapterus punctatus). 



September 15. — One specimen contained a sand-crab and a bluefish 

 (Pomatomus saltatrix). 



September 18. — Ten stomachs opened contained three specimens of 

 Tracurops crumcnopthalmus, three butterfisb, three scup, and one squid. 



September 2G. — One stomach contained three butterfisb, one herring, 

 one eel (Anguilla Bostonicnsis), and three pisquctos (Par atr actus?). 

 Menticirrus nebulosras Gill. Kingfish. 



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

 contained only shrimp, Grangon vulgaris. 



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

 garis. 



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

 and squids, Loligo Pealii. 



Stenotomus argyrops Gill. Scup ; Porgee. 



Forty young specimens, one year old, taken at Wood's Holl in August, 

 contained large numbers of Ampkipod Crustacea, among which were 

 Unciolairrorata, Ampclisca, sp., &c; several small mud-crabs, Panopeus 

 depressus; Idotca irrorata ; Nereis virens, and numerous other Annelids 

 of several species, too much digested for identification. 



