LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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1. Clackamas (Orogon) Salmon Station 5 



2. Figure of a Fish, showing the parts usually referred to in Descriptions 6 



3. Oncorhynclius tichawi/tscha. Quinnat Salmon ; Chinook Salmon ; King Salmon 7 



4. Oncorhynchus nerka. Blueback Salmon; Eedfish 11 



5. Oticorliynchus kisiUch. Dog Salmon 13 



6. Salmo gairdneri. Steelhead 13 



7. Eack for stopping ascent of Salmon at Battle Creek, California 15 



8. Engine-house and Hatchery at Baird ; Current- wheel and Piers for holding Rack 19 



9. Current-wheel for pumping water at Baird, California 21 



10. Interior of Hatchery at Battle Creek, showing Salmon-basket 23 



11. Pens for holding ripe Fish, and Stripping Platform at Battle Creek, California 25 



12. Salmo salar. Atlantic Salmon 27 



13. Views of Dead Brook inclosure for Salmon 31 



14. Salmon Live-car used in transporting Fish. Live-cars en route with Fish 33 



15. Salmon Bearing-troughs, Craig Brook Station, Maine 43 



16. Examining Fish for stripping. Stripping Female Salmon 45 



17. Packing Salmon Eggs. Picking out dead Eggs. Handling Egg-trays 51 



18. Fungus on Salmon Egg. Fungus on Salmon Egg, bearing Reproductive Organs. Reproduc- 



tive Organs of Egg Fungus 63 



19. Taking Spawn of Landlocked Salmon at Grand Lake Stream, Maine 67 



20. Salmo iridexis. Rainbow Trout 71 



21. View of Wytheville Station, showing Breeding Ponds, with Hatchery in the background 73 



22. S]>a wuing Pond 74 



23. Interior view of Wytheville Hatchery, showing men picking out dead Eggs 77 



24. Trout Rearing-ponds at Wytheville Station 79 



25. Rearing-pond 81 



26. Salrelinus fontinalis. The Brook Trout 91 



27. Trout Ponds, Xorth ville, Michigan 93 



28. Selecting and stripping ripe Trout, N'orthville, Michigan 95 



29. Interior view of Northville Hatchery 97 



30. Removing green Eggs from Shipping-trays. Packing eyed eggs, If orthville 101 



31. Crist ivomer namayeush. Lake Trout 103 



32. Collecting lake-trout spawn on fishing steamer in Lake Michigan 105 



33. Coregonus chipeiformis. Common Whiteflsh 119 



34. Stripping a Whitefish 122 



35. View of Battery for hatching Whitefish 127 



36. A lona gajiidissima. Common Shad 13;{ 



37,38, and 39. Plates showing the development of young Shad 136 



40. Main deck of steamer Fish Hawk; equipped for hatching Shad 143 



41. Interior of Hatchery at Battery Station, equipped with Ilatcbing-.jars 151 



42. Battery Station Hatchery. Fish Commission car loading fish at Neosho 158 



43. Micropterus tahnoidet. Large-mouth Black Bass ] 59 



44. Micropterut dolomieu. Small-mouth Black Bass 159 



45. Pomoxis annularis. Crappie 163 



46. Poinoxts sparoides. Calico Bass; Strawberry Bass 163 



47. AmUhiplSles rupeglrls. Rock Bass 163 



48. Bass and Trout Ponds at Neo.sho, Missouri 167 



49. Bass Ponds at San Marcos, Texas 173 



50. Salmo my kiss. Black-.spotted Trout 179 



51. Arijyrosomus artcdi. Lake Herring; Cisco 181 



52. (ladus coXlarias. Cod 193 



53. Stripping Cod on Vesse\ 196 



54. Gloucester Station igg 



55. Pool for retaining Brood Fish at Woods Hole 200 



56. McDonald Tidal-boxes, used for hatching Cod and Flatfisli 202 



57. Chester boxes 204 



58. Scomber tcombrut. Common Mackerel 209 



59. Pseudopleiironecteg americanus. Flatfish or Winter Flounder 215 



60. Taritoya onilis. Tautog 219 



61. Homarus americanus. The American Lobster 229 



62. Interior of Transportation Car 239 



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