
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXIII 
p. The Rainbow Trout (Salmo irideus). 
The McCloud River Station.—The first eggs for the season of 188586 
were taken on December 26, 1885, which was somewhat earlier than 
usual. The species seem to spawn sooner than formerly. The spawn- 
ing season closed May 10. 221,425 eggs were taken from 226 fish. 
30,000 eggs were lost because of high and muddy water; 15,000 were 
hatched for the trout ponds and the river, and 131,000 were distrib- 
uted, chiefly to State fish commissions and to Central Station. During 
the spawning season of 1886-’87, which lasted from December 26 to 
April 11, 268,400 eggs were taken from 299 fish. 84,100 of these were 
lost from various causes; 39,300 were hatched and the fry planted in 
the McCloud River; the remaining 145,000 were sent to State commis- 
sions and to Central Station. 
The Northville Station.—The spawning season in the ponds lasted from 
January 9 to April 25. 196,350 eggs were obtained from 375 fish ; 
25,000 were sent to the Michigan lish Commission; 25,000 to Mr. Black- 
ford, for shipment to France; while 25,000 fry were hatched out and 
nearly all of them kept at the station. 4,920 young fish were shipped 
away from the station. 
The Wytheville Station.—During April and May, 1887, 8,000 fry were 
received from the Central Station, and 220,500 eggs were collected at 
Wytheville. During the fiscal year 1886-87, 12,095 yearlings, 271 two 
years old or older, and 98,000 eggs were shipped away. 40,000 eggs 
were sent to Germany, 10,000 to England, and 5,000 to France. The 
remaining eggs and fry were distributed to private applicants, to suit- 
able streams for stocking, and to various hatcheries. Mr. Max von dem 
Borne, writing from Berneuchen, Germany, on April 11, 1887, stated 
that the fry hatched from the eggs received were in excellent condition. 
| q. The Brown Trout (Salmo fario). 
The Cold Spring Harbor Station.—64,000 eggs were received in very 
bad condition from the Deutsche Fischerei-Verein March 1, 1886, and 
40,000 came from the same source, in good condition, March 20. On 
April 16, 50,000 eggs arrived in good order from Max von dem Borne. 
13,000 eggs were repacked and sent to the Northville Station, and 1,000 
to the Wisconsin Fish Commission. During April and May, 23,500 
young trout were planted in suitable waters in New York. 
In July a brown tront was caught in Allen’s Creek, a tributary of the 
Genesee River, New York, which weighed 3 pounds. This must have 
been hatched from the first lot of eggs received in America. One of 
this first shipment, which was hatched and reared at Cold Spring Har- 
bor, weighed 35 pounds in October, 1886, at the age of three and one- 
half years. 
During March, 1887, 108,000 brown trout eggs were received from 
Germany, but 60,000 of them were unfit to be developed. The last ship- 
ment of 50,000 eggs contained 13,000 dead ones. The good eggs of this 
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