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As an illustration of the character and diversity of the haddock's food, 

 I add a list of the species taken from the stomach of a single specimen, 

 from the Boston market, and doubtless caught in Massachusetts Bay, 

 September, 1871, 



]N"atica clausa. 

 Margarita Groenlandica. 



Leda tenuisulcata. 

 Nucula proxima. 

 N. tenuis. 

 Crenella glandula. 



GASTROPODS. 



LAMELLIBRANCHS. 



ECHINODERMS. 



Psolus phantapus. 

 Lophothuria Fabricii. 



In addition to these there were fragments of shrimp, probably Fanda- 

 lus annuUcornis, and numerous Annelids, too much digested for identi- 

 • lication. 



Tom-Cod ; Frost-Fish ; [Microgadiis tom-codus.) 



Several specimens from ]N"ew Haven Harbor, January 30, contained 

 numerous Amphipods, among which were Iloera levis ; Gammarus^ sp. ; 

 Ampelisca, sp. ; an undetermined Macrouran; numerous Entomostracaj 

 the larva of Cliironomiis oceanicus. 



A lot taken in a small pond at Wood's Hole, in March, by Mr. Yinal 

 I^. Edwards, contained the common shrimp, Crangon vulgaris ; large 

 numbers of the green shrimp, Yirhius zoster icola ; the prawn, Palcemo- 

 netes vulgaris ; large quantities of Amphipods, especially of Oammarus 

 annulatus, O, natatory CalUopius Iceviusculaj ^ud Microdeutopus minax ; 

 and smaller numbers of Gammarus ornatus and G. mucronatus. 



Another lot of twelve, taken in April at the same place, contained 

 most of the above, and in addition several other Amphipods, viz : Moera 

 levis, Fontogeneia inermiSj Ftiloclieirus pinguis, and Caprella ; also Xereis 

 virens, and various small fishes. 



OCELLATED FLOUNDER; SUMMER FLOUNDER ; (CJicenopsetta ocellaris.) 

 Several specimens taken in the seines, at Great Egg Harbor, ^N'ew 

 Jersey, in April, contained large quantities of shrimp, Crangon vulgaris 

 and Mysis Americana ; one contained a full-grown Gehia affinis. 



One caught at Wood's Hole, June 6, contained twenty-six specimens 

 of Yoldia Umatula; and numerous shells of Niicula proxima, Angulus 

 tener, and Tritia trivittata; and Amphipod Crustacea belonging to the 

 genus Ampelisca. 



