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

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

 and univalve mollusks, &c. 



TAUTOG; BLACK FISH; (Tautoga onitis.} 



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

 rock-crab, Cancer irroratus; hermit-crabs, Eupagurus longicarpus ; shells, 

 Tritia trivittata, all crushed. 



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

 pus ; the barnacle, Balanus crenatus ; the squid, Loligo Pealii ; Tritia 

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

 Panopeus depresses ; lady-crabs, Platyoniclms ocellatus ; shells, Tritia 

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

 ir radians ; barnacles, Balanus crenatus, all well broken up. 



Another taken May 31 contained Platyoniclms ocellatus ; Tritia trivit 

 tata. 



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

 angular crab, Pelia mutica; Crepidula unguiformis ; Tr if or is nigrocinctus ; 

 the common muscle, Mytilus edulis ; and the u horse-muscle,&quot; Modiola 

 modiolus. 



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

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

 thia partita and Leptoclinum albidum. 



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

 canus; Crepidula fornicata ; Bittium nigrum ; abryozoan, Crisia eburnea ; 

 sand-dollars, Echinaraclmius parma. 



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

 muscles, Mytilus edulis ; Petricola plioladiformis. 



WEAK-FISH ; SQUETEAGUE ; (Cynoscion regalis.) 



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

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

 garis, unmixed with other food. 



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

 Platyoniclius ocellatus ; and very frequently squids, Loligo Pealii. 



; (Menticirrus nebulosus.) 



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 ; (PalinurichtJiys perciformis.) 



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

 Squilla empusa; and young squids, Loligo Pealii. 



