1915] 
Pearse: Food of Small Shore Fishes 
13 
Food — Dipterous larvae 3.1, may-fly larvae 6.2, Chironomus larvae 13, 
culicid larvae 1.6, Hyalella 3.4, Ostracoda + , Ceriodaphnia 1.2, Scapho- 
leberis + , Chydorus .2, Bosmina 37.6, Moina, 24.9, Cyclops 7.4. 
Summary — Insect larvae, 23.9; Hyalella, 3.4; Cladocera, 63.9; Cyclops, 
7.4. 
Station 2; August 7; No. collected, 19; length — max. 57, min. 23.4, ave. 
40.9. 
Food — Corixa nymphs .5, dipterous larvae 1.2, may-fly larvae 3.2, culicid 
larvae .8, damsel-fly larvae 8.6, unidentified insects 2.5, Diptera .5, mites 
1.2, Hyalella 49.9, Ostracoda .7, Ceriodaphnia +, Chydorus 11.1, Bosmina 
.6, Daphnia +, Cyclops 15.1, Nematoda +, Rotifera +, duckweed 3, plant 
tissue .3, seeds + . 
Summary — Insect larvae 14.3, insects 3, mites 1.2, Hyalella 49.9, Ostra- 
coda .7, Cladocera 11.7, Cyclops 15.1, Rotifera + , Nematoda +, plants 
3.3. 
Station 4; August 6; No. collected, 1; length, 36.0. 
Food — May-fly larvae 40, Chironomus larvae, 25, Hyalella 30, Ostra- 
coda + , Moina 5. 
Station 8; August 3; No. collected, 4; length — max. 41.8, min. 36, ave. 
39.1. 
Food — Ablabesmyia larvae 47.5, may-fly larvae 22.5, Chironomus larvae 
1.2, Culicid larvae 12.5, insects 2.5, Hyalella 12, Ceriodaphnia .2, Acroperus 
.2, Moina 1, filamentous algae 1.2. 
Summary — Insect larvae 83.7, insects 2.5, Hyalella 12, Cladocera 1.4, 
filamentous algae 1.2. 
Station 5; August 17; No. collected, 9; length — max. 38, min. 24.3, ave. 
32.2. 
Food — Dipterous larvae 6.6, May-fly larvae 3.3, Chironomus larvae 7.7, 
Chironomids 5.3, mites 3.6, Ostracoda 2.3, Ceriodaphnia .2, Acroperus .2, 
Chydorus 3.6, Bosmina 4, Moina 2.2, Sida 7.7, Daphnia .1, Alona 1.4, Pleu- 
roxus .7, Cyclops 41.9, Oligochaeta 1.1. 
Summary — Insect larvae 17.6, insects 5.3, mites 3.6, Ostracoda 2.3, Clado- 
cera 30.1, Cyclops 41.9, Oligochaeta 1.1. 
Grand Summary — Length: max. 57, min. 21.3, ave. 33.1, No. examined, 
49. Food: Insect larvae 22.8, insects 2.6, mites 1.2, Hyalella 23.1, Ostra- 
coda .7, Cladocera 31, Cyclops 16.4, Oligochaeta .2, Nematoda +, Rotifera 
+, plants 1.7. 
Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). Large-mouthed Black Bass. 
Station 8, outside bar; August 3; No. examined, 2; length — max. 69, 
min. 54, ave. 62.1. 
Food — Dipterous larvae 57.5, culicids 7.5, chalcids 2.5, Hyalella 27.5, 
Ceriodaphnia 5. 
