CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE. 225 



Baird, Spencer F.— Coutiuued. 



6. Experiments with eggs of otlier species— 



A. Herring 727 



B. PoUock 729 



C. Haddock 730 



7. Couchisions 731 



E. Appendix 732 



Salm onidcB.—The salm on family. 

 XXXm. Livingstone Stone. Keport of opeiations at the United States salmon- 

 hatching station on the McCloud River, California, in 1878. By 



Livingston Stone*. 741 



Table I. Table of temperatures taken at the United States salmon- 

 breeding station, McCloud Kiver, California, during the season 



of 1878 764 



Table II. Table of salmon eggs taken at the United States salmon- 

 breeding station, McCloud Eiver, California, during the season 



of 1878 766 



Table III. Table showing the weights of salmon spawned on various 

 days at the United States salmon-breeding station, McCloud 



Eiver, California, during the season of 1878 707 



Table IV. Table of distribution of salmon eggs from the United States 

 salmon-breeding station, McCloud Kiver, California, during the 



season of 1878 768 



Table V. Catalogue of natural history collections made for the Smith- 

 sonian Institution in 1878, by Livingston Stone . 709 



XXXIV. "W. r. Hubbard. Report of salmon-hatching operations in 1878, at the 



Clackamas, Oreg. , hatchery. By W. F. Hubbard 771 



XXXV. K. B. Pratt. Report of salmon-hatching operations on Rogue River, 



Oregon, 1877-78. By K. B. Pratt 



XXXVI. Charles G. Atkins. Report on an attempt to collect eggs of Sebago sal- 

 mon in 1878. Hy Charles G. Atkins 771 



1. Habitat of Sebago salmon * 775 



2. Characteristics of Sebago salmon 770 



3. Former efl'orts at cultivation 778 



4. Organization of operations in 1878 778 



5. The season's work 779 



6. H. H. Buck's diary at Songo Lock, 1878 780 



7. Observations on temperature and weather at Songo Lock 785 



XXXVII. Charles G. Atkins. Report on the collection and distribution of Schoodic 



salmon eggs in 1878. By Charles G. Atkins 789 



1. Preparations 789. 



2. Fishing and spawning 791 



3. The development of the eggs 796 



4. Division and shipment 798 



0. Hatching and planting ■ 799 



Table I. Recoid of fishing in Grand Lake Stream, Maine, October, 



1879, and November, 1878 800- 



Table II. Record of spawning operations at Grand Lake Stream, 



Maine, 1878 803; 



Table III. Measurement of Schoodic salmon at Grand Lake Stream, 



Maine, 1878 803; 



Table IV. Record of shipment of salmon spawn from Grand Lake 



Stream, February and April, 1879 804 



Table V. Statement of the distribution of Schoodic salmon, 1879 805. 



Table VI. Observations on the temperature and weather at Grand 



Lake Stream, 1878 809' 



Table VH. General summary of observations on temperature at Grand 



Lake Stream from October, 1878, to May, 1879, inclusive 814 



XXXVm. Horace D. Dunn. Do the spawning Salmon ascending the Sacramento 



River all die without returning to sea? By Horace D. Dunn. 



TVith notes by Livingston Stone 815 



XXXIX. Morton Allpovt. Present state of the salmon experiment in Tasmania. 



By Morton AUiiort, F. L. S., F. Z. S.* 819. 



' The species involved is the Quinnat sahnon {Salmo quinnat). 

 Published ill 1S7G. 

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