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the pectoral is pink. The dorsal, caudal and anal with dark 

 blotches making pseudo bauds. Iris lemon yellow overlying sil- 

 very white. The general color is olive green with golden tints. 



The two males of May 4, 1896, furnished the following color 

 notes. 



Olive green tinged with golden bronze; sides with about 23 

 irregular dusky blotches resembling interrupted bands; dorsal, 

 caudal and anal with numerous large dusky blotches, those on 

 dorsal and anal almost forming bands; iris lemon yellow and 

 silvery in the larger, almost vermilion and orange in smaller; a 

 dark blotch at upper edge of opercle. 



The Chautauqua lake mascalonge, according to James Annin 

 jr who sent the specimens, is a very fine food and game fish, 

 and attains to the weight of 50 pounds. In the spring of 1895 

 it was not unusual to capture individuals weighing from 40 to 

 50 pounds, and 20 to 30 pounds was a very common weight. In 

 winter the fish frequent nearly the same localities as in sum- 

 mer, being found in the vicinity of water plants. When, the lake 

 becomes very clear in February, they go into deep water, but 

 they live in deep water more or less all the year. 



For thejfish culture operations the nets are set as soon after 

 the first of April as the ice leaves the lake. The fish begin to 

 spawn a few days after and continue till the latter part of April. 

 They go into shallower water for spawning; most of them 

 spawn in from 10 to 15 feet of water. They do not resort to 

 the gravel, like many other fish, but to mud, generally going 

 into bays. The eggs are placed in boxes, all of which are pro- 

 vided with screens at top and bottom. The bottom has an extra 

 screen, to prevent minnows from injuring the eggs. The boxes 

 are sunk from 1 foot to 2 feet under the surface of the water. 

 Every day or two they are drawn up, the covers removed, and all 

 bad eggs and sediment cleaned out. 



During the first experiments in Chautauqua lake, N. Y. Monroe 

 Green and Jonathan Mason obtained the eggs in April and May 

 1890, and these were artificially hatched. A large female 

 yielded 60,000 eggs. With the water at the temperature of 40 



