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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
at a length of 8 cm. and upward. The largest fish examined had reached a length 
of 16 cm. at the age of 2\ years. 
The results of the examination of the stomach contents of 84 examples ranging 
from 2.1 to 12 cm. (f to 4f inches) in standard lengths are listed below. The vari- 
ous items of food are given with their relative proportions represented in per- 
centages by volume. 
Winyah Bay, S. C., July 10, 1915 . — Among 50 examples (a sample from a 
large catch), 2.1 to 8 cm. long, there appeared to be no differentiation of food cor- 
responding to the various sizes of fish examined. The following list shows the 
amount of each item of food in volumetric percentage : 
Volumetric 
percentage. 
Fish 9 
Decapod (shrimplike) 2 
Copepods 26 
Schizopodous forms 43 
Ostracods 2 
Amphipods 2 
Crustacean larvae 9 
Total Crustacea 93 
Unidentified d6bris 7 
