THE SMELTS 
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Detailed table showing stomach contents of smelt from Panther Pond, Me., April, 1912 
Approxi- 
mate size, in 
inches 
Stomach contents 
Approxi- 
mate size, in 
inches 
Stomach contents 
8rir 
1 small smelt and 1 May-fly nymph. 
9ft 
1 small smelt with spawn. 
9ft 
Smelt eggs and parts of fish. 
8/y 
Parts of fish and 2 May-fiy nymphs. 
SVs 
1 May-fly nymph and parts of fish. 
8% 
1 Mayfly nymph. 
8% 
1 Mav-fiy nymph. 
8^ 
Do. 
8% 
1 nearly digested small fish. 
9 
Parts of smelt and May-fly nymph. 
9 
1 small female smelt with spawn. 
Parts of small fish. 
9 
Nearly digested small fish. 
Parts of fish, May-fly nymphs, and parts of 2 
or 3 others. 
9 
8 /jr- - 
8% - 
Do. 
8riF 
1 May-fly nymph. 
9K— - 
Parts of smelt with spawn. 
9 
1 small smelt with spawn. 
1 small smelt with milt. 
9ft 
Do. 
8& 
8ft 
Piece of smelt. 
8/jr 
Parts of nearly digested fish. 
HH — 
Parts of smelt with spawn. 
The above listed 23 smelts were all of 94 specimens that contained food. 
One of six smelts received from George Moses in January, 1907, contained one 
small salamander and a piece of fish, the latter probably bait. 
Detailed table of stomach contents of two smelts from Pennamaquan Lake, Me. 
Date 
Length, 
in inches 
Stomach contents and remarks 
Aug. 30, 1893 
Do 
SV8 
3J4 
Entomostraca. 
. Entomostraca. 
Seined amongst sedge and rushes in shallow water with sandy bottom. 
The smelt were as silvery as salt-water smelt. 
Detailed table of stomach contents of eight smelts that contained food out of 23 specimens killed by dyna- 
mite in Wilton Pond in the spring of 1904 
Length, in 
inches 
Stomach contents 
Length, in 
inches 
. Stomach contents 
3ft- 
3V S 
Minute unidentified material. 
3ft- 
Do. 
3 Vi 
Do. 
3ft— 
Do. 
3*|„ 
Small diptera. 
3 % — 
Caddis-fly larvse. 
3 IT -- 
Caddis-fly larvae. 
Detailed table of stomach contents of 22 smelts, all out of 78 specimens examined from Lake Champlain 
on February 16 and 17, 1911, that contained food 
Length, in 
inches 
Stomach contents and remarks 
7*. 
8ft. 
m. 
7 %. 
8— 
7%. 
7*1 
7*1 
5 % 
2 partly digested small fish, probably smelt. 
1 partly digested small smelt. 
Do. 
Do. 
Partly digested small fish, probably smelt. 
Small piece of backbone of fish. 
Nearly digested small fish. 
2 small smelt. 
1 partly digested small smelt. 
Do. 
1 partly digested fish. 
Length, in 
inches 
Stomach contents and remarks 
m. 
7*. 
8 — 
1 %. 
7*. 
6 %. 
6 H- 
6 %. 
6J4. 
6ft- 
1 partly digested small fish. 
1 small smelt in good condition. 
Nearly digested parts of fish 
1 small smelt. 
Nearly digested parts of fish. 
Small smelt in good condition. 
Parts of small smelt. 
Parts of nearly digested fish. 
Backbone of a small fish. 
Nearly digested small fish. 
1 small fish. 
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