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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 25 bullheads from Old Forge pond 
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DRAGON FLY 
FISHES NYMPHS 
NUMBER 
Aeschnidae 
Libellulidae 
May fly 
Crawfish 
Algae 
Silt 
Sunfish 
00600 
O00 c 00 
Horned dace 
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The bullheads of the foregoing table were adults, the smallest 
being about 8 inches in length. Of the 25 specimens studied, all 
but 1 had eaten other fishes of some sort. 17 of those eaten 
were small sunfishes between 2 and 3 inches in length. Six 
