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of which have not yet been well definetl. Bean states that it reaches 

 twenty-four inches in length, is believed to be one of the numerous 



varieties of Salmo purpui-atus. 



THE BRO^"N TROUT. 



The Brown Trout of Europe, Salmo fario, has been successfully intro- 

 duced into our waters by the U. S. Fish Commission. 



Eggs were first received from Herr Von Behr, the President of the 

 Deutsche Fischerei-Verein, in the winter of i882-'83, and were sent 

 directly from New York to the station at Northville, where they arrived 

 February iS. These were successfully hatched out by Mr. Clark by the 

 middle of March, and early in April were planted by him in a branch of 

 the Pere Marquette River of Northern Michigan. 



Early in 1S83 another lot of eggs was sent to Mr. Mather as a personal 

 present by Herr Von Behr. Most of those kept at this station died, but 

 those sent to the Northville Station and to the station of the New York 

 Fish Commission at Caledonia were reported as doing well. In 1SS4 

 Herr Von Behr sent an additional gift, this time to the U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission, in care of Mr. Mather, and a lot of 10,000 was received from 

 En^dand. These did better than those of 1883, and many were distributed 

 to various New York waters. 



On the 2ist of February Mr. Mather forwarded to Washington 2,000 of 

 the large kind of Salmo fario, and 9,000 of the small variety. These 

 were transferred to the Wytheville Station, and were hatched with fair 

 success, but all died before beginning to eat. 



A few of the German trout reared at the Northville Station spawned in 

 December, 1885, and 8,000 eggs were obtained. Two lots of eggs, 23,000 

 in number, were forwarded from the Cold Spring Harbor Station, the 

 second lot of which (13,000) arrived in |)Oor condition. From these 

 31,000 eggs, 20,000 fry were hatched, which were retained at the station. 



