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PUBLICATIONS OF SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



1874. Baikd, Spencer F. — Continued. 



18. Different methods of multiplying fish p. xl 



Transfer of living fish from one locality to another xl 



Confining fishes in particular localities for natural spawning xli 



Collecting eggs and eniltry os naturally spawned xli 



Artificial impregnation and hatching of eggs xlii 



Different methods of securing the parents xlii 



Catching while on spawning-beds xlii 



Penning-ap on spawning-beds ("WUmot's method) xliii 



Transferring to temporary inclosures (Atkins's method) xliii 



Impregnation of the eggs xlii 



Hatching out of the young fish xliii 



Disposal of the young fish in stocking waters xliv 



Anadromous fish always return to place of birth or deposit xliv 



Influence of obstructions xliv 



19. Treatment of certain species xlv 



Hatching of shad xlv 



Hatching-boxes xIt 



Hatching of white-fish, trout, salmon, &c xlvi 



Helton's tray xlvii 



Hatching of striped bass xlvii 



20. Fishes specially worthy of mention xlviii 



1. The shad xlviii 



Distribution xlviii 



Migration and movements xlviii 



Early abundance xlviii 



Subsequent decrease li 



Influence of dams, gratings, &c li 



Dr. Yarrow's report lii 



Artificial increase lii 



Labors of Dr. Daniel in 1848 (transfer of eggs to the Alabama River) ... lii 

 Labors of Mr. Gesner and others in 1858 (transfer of eggs and young to 



the Alabama Kiver) lii 



"Work of Seth Green hi 1867 liii 



Action of the New England and other States liii 



Action on the part of the United States Government liv 



Suggested by the American Fish-C ulturists' Association liv 



Intended to supplement the action of other States liv 



Possibility of stocking the Mississippi system of waters with shad liv 



Their occurrence there at present Iv 



Possibility of traversing the whole length of this river Iv 



Illustrated by shad in the Tang-tse-kiang, in China Iv 



Also by the shad of India Iv 



No dams or obstructions Ivii 



Suitable winter-quarters in the Gulf of Mexico Ivii 



Shad in the- great lakes Iviii 



Shad in Salt Lake Iviii 



Shad in Pacific waters Iviii 



General result of the experiment on the Atlantic coast '... lix 



2. The alewife or fresh-water herring lix 



Economical value lix 



As food for man lix 



As food for other fish Ix 



Attracting the cod to our shores Ix 



Methods of multiplying Ixi 



Period of maturity Ixi 



3. The salmon of New England Ixi 



Identical with that of Western Europe Ixi 



General natural history Ixii 



Distribution in America Ixii 



Efforts for its increase in Europe Ixiii 



Efforts for its increase in Tasmania Ixiii 



Action by the several States in this country Ixv 



Initiated by New Hampshire in 1866 Ixv 



Labors of Livingston Stone and others Ixv 



