ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



4.19 



THE AQUARIUM BUILDING IN 1830. 

 From an old print. 



THE R()( K-BASS. 



THE rock-bass, ( AmblopUtca rnpcstrts). 

 shown in the accompanying flashlight 

 photogi'aph, is one of tlie most desirable 

 species for large, home fish-ponds or small 

 lakes. It must be very hardy, as specimens 

 kept in the Aquarium are seldom affected by 

 fish-fungus, and live well in captivity. It 

 reaches a good size, sometimes weighing as 

 much as two pounds, and readily takes all the 

 common minnow, worm and insect baits as well 

 as the artificial fly and trolling spoon. In 

 ponds it makes a gravel nest like the black 

 bass and guards it in the same way, but has 

 not the highly predatory habits of the black 

 bass respecting other fishes, and is also more 

 prolific. Comparativeh' thick in body, the 

 bass contains more meat than most fishes of 

 its size. It is not difficult to obtain for 

 stocking purposes, being distributed over 

 most of the eastern and middle States. It is, 

 on account of its red iris and strong mark- 

 ings, one of the most attractive of the fresh 

 water fishes on exhibition in the Aquarium. 



OLD PRINTS OF THE AQUARIUM 

 BUILDING. 



THE Zoological Society Bulletin for April, 

 190T,and the annual report for 1906 con- 

 tained reproductions of some old prints of 

 the Aquarium building which proved of in- 

 terest to many persons. 



The Aquarium library has recently secured 

 two more rare prints which are reproduced 

 in this issue of the Bulletin. One of these, 

 engraved for the New York Mirror in IS-'jO, 

 shows the Aquarium building (Castle Gar- 

 den), on the right, and Castle William on the 

 left, across the channel, with some interesting 

 costumes of the day in the foreground. The 

 other, quite different from any of those here- 

 tofore published in the Bulletin', presents a 

 view of the building in 18ij0, from the Bay. 

 The older landmarks of the City have so 

 nearly disappeared, that old-time prints of 

 those which remain, possess historical interest. 



