REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 



1907 



173 



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. 



Table I Food of 2j bullheads from Old Forge pond 



NUMBER 









DRAGON FLY 











FISHES 





NYMPHS 













Xi 











in 

















tC 

















TJ 















a) 



4; 



















C 





(U 













e 



rt 

 T) 







^ 





x; 



'd 



lU 



Aeschni 



Libellul 



■>. 



M 





Sunfis 



Home 



Undet 



May fi 



Crawfi 



Algae 



I . 



2. 



3- 

 4- 



5- 

 6. 



7- 

 8. 



9- 

 10. 



11 . 



12 . 



13- 

 14. 



15- 

 16. 



17- 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 



21 . 



22 . 



23- 

 24. 



25- 



Total 



^7 1 



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 



