UNUTILIZED FISHES. 31 



Linton (1800) describes the cnnner's food as ''seaweed, hydroid 

 stems, l)ryozoa, tiniieates, annelids, small crustaceans {C'apreUa, 

 shrimps, etc.), univalve mollusks found in the stomach and intestine — 

 in short, just such food as the fish Avould get by browsing on the mate- 

 rial which grows on wharf piles and similar places."'. 



EX A:\riNATION OF DIGESTIVE TRACTS. 



During the summers of 1002 and 1003 the digestive tracts of 306 

 dinners were examined, with the results shown in the accompanying 

 table : 



