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that any of the animals eaten were dead when found. This 
certainly does not indicate the scavenger habits that have been 
very frequently ascribed to bullheads. 
Suntish food 
Pursuing the matter a little farther we examined the food of 25 
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time and place as the bullheads, that is, July roth, in the weed 
patch off the hatchery wharf at Old Forge pond. We selected, 
or these, three sizes in order to determine :f there were any 
appreciable change of food with age of fish. The largest ex- 
amined were approximately three inches in lenth (lot 1), and 
the next in size about two inches (lot 2) and the smallest were 
between three fourths of aa inch and an inch in length (lot 3). 
All were taken’together. The results of examination are given 
in the following table: 
