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reported on before, the data are insufficient, and have been derived 

 from specimens collected at random, and with little knowledge of 

 feeding grounds or conditions. Forbes's report on the food of 

 the red-bellied minnow, for example, is based on the examination 

 of three specimens. We believe that the results of this present 

 food examination, as given in the following tables, justify the 

 great amount of labor that is involved in all such studies. 



Tabic I Food of 2j bullheads from Old Forge pond 



NUMBER 



Total , 



7 1 7 



* 

 * 



The bullheads of the foregoing table were adults, the smallest 

 being about 8 inches in length. Of the 25 specimens studied, all 

 but I had eaten other fishes of some sort. 17 of those eaten 

 were small sunfishes between 2 and 3 inches in length. Six 



