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1874. Baird, Spencer F.— Continued. 



Labors of C. G. Atkins p.lxvi 



Action of the general government Ixvi 



Obstruction s to upward movement of salmon and shad Ixvii 



Coast of Maine Ixvii 



Lake Champlain Ixvii 



James Kiver, Va Ixvii 



4. The Western salmon Ixix 



Variety of species on the Pacific coast Ixix 



Monograph of Salmonidce by Dr. Suckley Ixix 



California salmon (S. quinnat) for Eastern waters Ixix 



For the Southern Lakes Ixx 



For the Great Lakes Ixx 



For the Mississippi Valley Ixx 



Fitness of the Gulf of Mexico for its abode Ixx 



6. The land-locked salmon Ixxi 



Relation to the true salmon Ixxi 



Especially valuable for small interior lakes Ixxii 



6. The sea-trout (Salmo iinmaculatus) Ixxii 



7. The lake-trout Ixxii 



Distribution Ixxii 



Economical value Ixxiii 



Propagation IxxU 



8. The Danube salmon or hucho Ixxiii 



Consideration as to the introduction into the United States Ixxiii 



9. The small American trout. Ixxiii 



The blue-back or oquassoc trout Ixxiii 



Eangeley trout Ixxiii 



The Western trout Ixxiv 



10. The Sdlbling (S. salvelinus) Ixxiv 



11. Thegrayling Ixxiv 



12. The white-fish Ixxv 



The especial object of attention from the States Ixxv 



The Otsego Lake white-fish Ixxv 



13. The nerfling or golden chub Ixxv 



14. The carp Ixxvi 



15. The gourami Ixxvii 



16. The sterlet Ixxviii 



17. Hybrid fish Ixxviii 



21. Concluding remarks Ixxviii 



22. Statistical tables of propagation Ixxxiv 



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



Distribution of young shad to the waters of the United States Ixxxvlii 



Shad-hatching operations in the United States xcii 



Accompanying papers.— For a list of these, see the end of the volume. 



Rkport of the Commissioner. (Table of contents precedes report.) 



APPENDIX A. — The fishes of the great lakes, and the species of Coregonus or white- 

 fish ciii 



I. Report on the fisheries of the great lakes ; the result of inquiries 

 prosecuted in 1871 and 1872. By James "W. Milner. 



(Table of contents on p. 77) 1 



II. Miscellaneous notes and correspondence relative to the whitefish. .. 79 



A. The whitefish of the great lakes 79 



1. Lake Superior 79 



2. Lakes Erie and Ontario 80 



B. The whitefish of Eastern Maine and New Brunswick. By Charles 



Lanman 84 



C. Description of new speeies of Coregonus and Argyrosomus. By 



James W. Milner 80 



1. Argyrosomus Eoyi Gill. Cisco of Lake Michigan 86 



2. Argyrosomus nigripinnis Gill. Blackfin 87 



Coregonus Covexii 88 



