310 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Shipment of adult carp to South Carolina, — Tbe transporta- 

 tion of adult fish is very rarely attempted, especially as the Commis- 

 sion is not able to furnish them to applicants. Very unusual circum- 

 stances, however, made it desirable to send twenty large carp to Mr. B. 

 J. Donaldson, Georgetown, S. C. Messenger F. L. Donnelly took 

 charge of them at 5 p. m., April 10, 1884, and left Washington via At- 

 lantic Coast Line Eailway, reaching Georgetown at 4.40 p. m., April 11. 

 As Mr. Donaldson's plantation is located on an island in the river sev- 

 eral miles above Georgetown, it was necessary to keep the carp at that 

 place overnight. Notwithstanding the close attention given them, one 

 of the smaller died. The other nineteen were delivered safely on the 

 following morning. 



The larv^ of mosquitoes as food for carp. — Lahaway makes 

 the following statement in Forest and Stream : '' Does the carp feed on 

 the mosquito in its larval form of ' wiggler' and ' tumbler"? From a 

 fact that came under my observation last summer I am decidedly of the 

 opinion that they do. My carp ponds, four in number, are located in 

 Ocean County, New Jersey, in the cranberry region, vrhere, as is well 

 known, mosquitoes do abound. Three ye;irs since I constructed a pond 

 of about five-eighths of an acre but a short distance from the house, and 

 was not mistaken in my supposition that this pond would not tend to 

 diminish the sui)ply of mosquitoes. But last May I placed in this pond 

 a few carp, received from the Government the preceding autumn. In 

 August last, when bilter complaints were uttered all over the country 

 at the abundance of mosquitoes, we had very few, so few indeed that 

 my attention was attracted by it. Some carpenters in my employ at the 

 time reported that while on their way to my place they were ' nearly 

 eaten up ' by these pests, but when they got there they ceased to be 

 annoyed by them. 



" The female mosquito, as is well known, deposits her 250 or 350 eggs 

 on the surface of quiet water. These hatch out in a few days, and are 

 known to many country people as the ' wiggler.' In ten to fifteen days 

 these are changed into ' tumblers', in which form they remain five to 

 ten days, thus spending from fifteen to twenty-five days in the water 

 before they become denizens of the air and acquire their musical and 

 phlebotomizing capacities. The carp doubtless find their larvai most 

 palatable tidbits, that are greedily sought after. In one particular the 

 chosen habitats of carp and mosquitoes are alike, both delighting in 

 warm waters." 



Ocean County, N. J., February 12, 1883. 



Fish bureau in Portland, Me. — About April 1, 1884, a fish ex- 

 change was organized in Portland, Me., with forty-two members. Mr. 

 George Trefethen was made president and Mr. O. B. Withen, secretary. 



Shad hatching in Connecticut. — Last season Mr. Henry J. Fenton, 

 by direction of the State commission, went to the fisheries of Farm- 



