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Small-mouthed black bass.— Tin's fish can be taken in consider- 

 able quantities from the lake for stocking purposes from April 20 to 

 June 15, and in decreasing quantities from June L5 to September. Ap- 

 plication should be made to ('apt. William Clark, Life-Saving station, 

 Capt. J. D. Pasch, or Capt. Fred Knobloch, Erie, Pa. 



Carp for South America.— March 28, 1885, the U. S. Fish Com 

 mission sent 100 carp from 1 to2 inches in length to Preston A. Rambo, 

 care of John C. Uhler, M. I)., Baltimore, who left for Rio Janeiro, 

 Brazil, March 30th. 



Hatching rainbow trout.— Mr. 11. J. Pierre, of Winsted, Conn., 

 wrote, March 11), 1885, as follows: "The 2,000 California rainbow troul 

 eggs came to hand last Saturday in first-class condition. 1 placed 

 them in my hatching trough after slowly bringing them to aboul the 

 temperature of my spring water, and now I think they bid fair to give 

 an excellent product. I believe I lost only from twelve to fifteen out of 

 the lot, which were killed by the moving." 



A SHARK'S BILL OF FARE.— Mr. A. H. Myers, keeper of Qnoddv 



Head life-saving station, wrote from Lubec, Maine, March 6, 1885: 



"The specimen shark will leave Eastport by express Monday, the 

 0th, and will probably reach you in four days. 



"Old fishermen here say it is a young one, of the liver shark family, 

 one of the largest known here. I removed the liver and stomach and 

 filled the cavity with rock weed and snow. I took out about 15 gallons 

 of liver, and from the stomach, a peck of large herring and G yards of 

 gill-net." 



Appearance of fish. — Mr. John F. Holmes, keeper of the Gurnet 

 life-saving station, writing under date of July 8, 1885, says that on July 

 5th schools of whales and porpoises appeared near that station, and on 

 July 7 quite a large quantity of mackerel was taken. 



Other fish mistaken for carp. — Mr. Samuel McClelland, of Salt 

 Springs, Saline County, Missouri, reported April 13, 18S5, that thou- 

 sands of little fish had appeared in his carp pond, which with the besl 

 of care did not grow more than G inches in length, while draining the 

 pond proved that the carp were all large, none weighing less than l 

 pounds. Neither he nor his neighbors being able to decide the question, 

 some specimens were consequently forwarded to the Fish Commission, 

 and proved to be Pimephales promelas Eaf., commonly known as far- 

 head or black head minnow, a species very abundant in sluggish waters, 

 from the Ohio Valley to the Upper Missouri. 



Introducing catfish into England. — The London Saturday He- 

 view of July 25, 1885, in commenting upon the recent transfer of rat- 

 fish from America to England, says: "It seems almost incredible that 

 any one should introduce the accursed catfish to our shores. Vet we 

 read with horror that a consignment of catfish has been received by 

 the National Fish Culture Association from the Fish Commission of 

 the United States. Is America to be allowed to export the paupers and 



