478 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



132.— DATES OF THE APPEARANCE OF HERRIKG, SHAD, BASS, 

 TAIITOG, SC'UP, FROSTFISH, FISH-HAWKS, KINGFISHERS, AND 



<;ri:i:\m\» seal im taunt on river, i'ko.u isri to 18S3, in- 

 clusive. 



By ELISIIA SLADE. 



[From a letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



Table of the dales of the appearance of six species offish and of two species of fish-eating birds 

 in Taunton Hirer, Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts, latitude 41° 47' X., longitude 

 71° 8' W.J'rom 1871 to 1883, inclusive. 



Years. 



1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 



Herring (Pomo- 



lubus pseudo- 



harengus). 



March 7 



March 21 . . . 

 March 27 . . . 

 March 19 ... 

 March 28 . . . 

 March 19 . . 

 March 15 ... 



March 5 



March 17 . . . 

 February 28 

 March 14 ... 



March 5 



March 22... 



Shad (Alosa sa- 

 pidissima). 



March 14 

 March 27 

 March 31 

 March 23 

 March 30 

 March 31 

 March 30 

 March 26 

 March 24 

 March 10 

 March 21 

 April 3 . . 

 April 5... 



Basa (Rooms 

 lineatus). 



March 19 

 March 31 

 April 2 . . 

 March 21 

 April 4 .. 

 March 30 

 March 28 

 March 17 

 March 21 

 March 15 

 March 24 

 April 1 .. 

 AprilG... 



Tautog (Tautoga 

 ojiitis). 



April 27. 

 May 8. 

 May 13. 

 May 8. 

 May 16. 

 May 4. 

 May 1. 

 April 25. 

 May 9. 

 April 20. 

 April 29. 

 May 7. 

 May 2. 



Years. 



1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 



Scup (Stenotomus 

 argyrops). 



June 3 . 

 June 10 

 June 13 

 June 8. 

 June 12 

 June 2. 

 June 6. 

 May 28 

 June 4 . 

 May 27 

 June 7. 

 June 15 

 JuneS . 



Frostfish (Micro- 

 gadus pruinosus)  



November 27 

 November 20 

 November 28 

 November 21 

 November 30 

 November 22 

 November 29 

 November 30 

 November 28 

 November 20 

 November 26 

 November 23 

 November 19. 



Fish-hawk (Pan- 

 dion halia'etui). 



March 11 ... 

 March 24 . . . 

 March 28 ... 

 March 20 ... 

 March 26 . . . 

 March 28 ... 

 March 27 . . . 

 March 22 . . . 

 March 21 ... 

 February 20 

 March 17 ... 

 March 31 ... 

 March 20... 



Kingfisher 

 (Ceryle alcyon). 



March 7. 

 March 22. 

 March 24. 

 March 19. 

 March 28. 

 March 20. 

 March 18. 

 March 2. 

 March 14. 

 February 27, 

 March 12. 

 April 1. 

 March 16. 



* Fish-hawks and kingfishers remained throughout the winter of 1879-'80. 



The appearance of the Greenland seal, Phoca Greenlandica, in Taun- 

 ton Eiver during the past 12 years has been as follows: 1871, December 

 1; 1872, December G; 1873, November 29; 1874, December 5; 1875, De- 

 cember 1; 187G, December lj 1877, November 29; 1878, November 2G; 

 1879, December 9; 1880, November 2G; 1881, November 20; 1882, No- 

 vember 28 ; 1883, December 2. 



Somerset, Bristol County, Massachusetts, 



November 20, 1883. 



