XXXIV REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
lot were mixed by mistake with 14,500 saibling eggs, which arrived — 
the same day, and 50,000 mixed eggs were sent to several State and — 
National fish commission hatcheries. 10,000 eggs were received, also, 
on account of the New York Fish Commission, from Herr von Behr. 
The Northville Station.—20,000 eggs were received March 17 from the 
Cold Spring Harbor Station, having come originally from Germany. 
2,500 of these were sent to the Michigan Fish Commission and 5,000 
to the Wisconsin Commission. The remaining eggs yielded nearly 
9,000 fry, which were kept at the station. During November and De. — 
cember 9,400 eggs were taken from stock-fish in the Northville ponds, — 
but only 1,500 fry were obtained from them. 
The Wytheville Station—2,165 brown trout eggs were received in — 
March, 1886. They were hatched at a very unfavorable time, the water 
being muddy during incubation and remaining so until the surviving 
fish were several weeks old. 286 were reared, and in November they 
were between 24 and 3 inches long. In March, 1887, 9,100 eggs were 
received from Cold Spring Harbor, and in May, 3,000 fry arrived from 
the Central Station. 
r. The Loch Leven Trout (Salmo levenensis). 
On January 14, 1887, the Cold Spring Harbor Station received 48,000 
eggs of the Loch Leven trout from the Howietoun fishery in Scotland, 
but nearly one-half of them were dead. Strong and healthy fry were — 
hatehed from the remainder. 
s. The Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). 
The Bucksport Station.—205 salmon were purchased from the Penob- 
scot River fishermen, from May 29 to June 8, and placed in the in- 
closure at Dead Brook. Only 147 of these lived through the summer. 
1,158,776 eggs were taken from 101 females, an average of 11,473 each. 
Of these eggs, 1,099,000 were distributed, 320,000 being awarded to 
Massachusetts and 779,000 to the U. 8. Fish Commission, the work 
having been conducted by these two commissions conjointly. 25,000 | 
eggs were reserved for experiments at the station, and the fry were 
afterwards liberated in Craig’s Pond. The remaining eggs were sent 
during February, 1887, to the following places: 
Cold Spring Harbor, 300,000; IF. A. Walters, Bloomingdale, N. Y., 
250,000; E. B. Hodge, Piymouth, N. H., 100,000; Grand Lake Stream, 
104,000. 
The Grand Lake Stream Station.—A bout the 1st of March, 1887, 104,000 
eggs were received from Bucksport. These were hatched with a loss of 
only 255 eggs and young, and the fry were planted in tributaries of the 
St. Croix River about the middle of June. 
The Cold Spring Harbor Station.—240,000 eggs were received from 
Bucksport January 7, 1886, and 260,000 on the 7th. 446,573 fry were 
planted in tributaries of the Hudson and St. Lawrence Rivers and 
Lake Ontario, During 1886 small numbers of young salmon were taken 
