CONTENTS. 



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:J. The salmon of New England Ixi 



Identical with that of western Europe ]xi 



General natural history Ixil 



Distribution in America Ixi j 



Efforts for its increase in Europe , i Ixill 



Efforts for its increase in Tasmania Ixiii 



Action by the several States in this coimtry Ixv 



Initiated by New Hampshire in 1866 Ixv 



Labors of Livingston Stone and others Ixv 



Labors of C. G. Atkins Ixvi 



Action of the General Government Ixvi 



Obstructions to upward movement of salmon and shad Ixvii 



Coast of Maine Ixvii 



Lake Champlain Ixvii 



James River, Virginia Ixvii 



"Wisconsin Ixvii 



Salmon in the great lakes Ixviii 



Salmon of Lake Ontario Ixviii 



Introduction of salmon above the Falls of Niagara lx:viii 



4. The western salmon Ixix 



Variety of species on the Pacific coast Ixix 



Monograph of salmonidiB by Dr. Suckley Ixix 



California salmon {S. quinnat) for eastern waters Ixix 



For the Southern States Ixx 



For the great lakes Ixx 



For the Mississippi Valley Ixs 



Fitnfess'of the Gulf of Mexico for its abode Ixx 



5. The land-locked salmon _ Ixx; 



delation to the true salmon Ixxi 



Especially valuable for small interior lakes Ixxii 



6. The sea-trout, (Salmo immacidatus) Ixxii 



7. The lake-trout Ixxii 



Distribution Ixxii 



Economical value Ixxiii 



Propagation Ixxii 



8. The Danube salmon or hucho '. Ixxiii 



Consideration as to the introduction into the United States Ixxiii 



9. Ihe small American trout Ixxiii 



The blue-back or oquassoc trout Ixxiii 



Rangeley trout Ixxiii 



The western trout Ixxi v 



10. The Sdlbling (S. salvelinus) Ixxiv 



11. The grayling Ixxiv 



I'Z The white-fish Ixxv 



The especial object of attention from the States Ixxv 



The Otsego Lake whitetish Ixxv 



13. TJie nerfling or golden chub Ixxv 



\A.The carp Ixxvi 



15. The gourami Ixxvii 



16. The sterlet Ixxviii 



17. Hybrid fish Ixxviii 



21. Concluding kemarks Ixxviii 



22. St.a,tistical tables of propagation Ixxxiv 



Salmon-hatching operations in the United States between 1866 and 1872 Ixxxiv 



Distribxition of young shad to the waters of the United States Ixxxviii 



Shad-liatching operations in the United States xcii 



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