47-' Roosc2'clt Jfild Life .liinals 



Lj-clell (04, p. 43)) notes that the water-boatmen or corixids are eaten by 

 young bass of this species as they grow older. Greeley ('27, p. 63) reports on 

 fish from the Genesee System, 2-2^^ inches long, as eating numerous midge larvae. 



When the Small-mouthed Black Bass become larger than about three inches, 

 crawfish and fish become the most important food, although insects and entomo- 

 stracans are not neglected, as is shown below in a tabular resume. 



Table No. iS. Showing the Results of Food Studies of Sm.\ll-mouthed Black Bass 

 Larger Than Three Inches in Length 



Distribution Records. We made the following collections in shallow water 

 (up to 3 feet), mainly with minnow seines: No. 75, Scriba Creek; No. 76, Con- 

 stantia; No. jy, Bullhead Bay; No. 78, Baker's Point; No. 86, Poddygut Point; 

 No. 90, near Chittenango Creek; No. o-. Maple Bay; No. 142, Frederick Creek; 

 No. 309, Lower South Bay; No. 314, ikcwerton; No. 498, East Messenger Bay; 

 No. 500, bay west of Lewis Point ; No. 529, West Dunham Island ; No. 539, North 

 Dunham Island; No. 585, Lower South Bay; No. 591, Sylvan Beach; No. 594, 

 stream at West Vienna; No. 604. near Wedgevvorth Point; No. 144. Grass Island 

 Bar, taken with a trap net in dfcp \v;ilrr ; No. 4170, Sx'lvan In-ach. Seiiteinbcr 

 9, 1927. 



Pratt and Baker made the fcllnwing (■(illedious in deep water, with trap 

 nets mainly: Nos. I227.\ and 133.^^1 ■■ '""I'l "f i'"ddyi;ut shcals: Xo. ijr,8.\, 

 Pachings Bar. 



