42 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [40] 
26. Where do they spend the winter? 
27. In entering a bay or the mouth of a large river at the beginning 
of the season, where do they first strike the shore? At the point near- 
est the sea or farther up? 
28. Is it known from what direction they arrive when first coming in 
from sea, or which way they go when returning to it? 
29. Do they swim near the surface or bottom? 
30. What effect have the weather and tides on their movements? 
31. Do they appear to move about by night the same as by day? 
32. Have any observations been made as to the temperature of the 
water at the time they arrive or during their stay, or at the time they 
ascend fresh-water streams? Will you not, if possible, make such ob- 
servations? 
E.— Food. 
33. Do you know any facts about the food of this fish? 
34. Do they feed while ascending the rivers or while descending ? 
35, Are they generally feeding while in your vicinity? 
F.— Reproduction and growth. 
36. How do the male alewives differ from the females? 
37. Which sex is plentiest, take the season through? 
38. Do both sexes come along together in the spring and ascend the 
fresh-water streams together? If not, which is first, and how much dif. - 
ference in time? 
39. Are any of them found in the spring without spawn or milt? If so, 
how do they compare in size and condition with those that have spawn 
and milt? 
‘40. Where and at what date do alewives lay their eggs? Mention 
any facts known to you relative to the act of reproduction. 
41. Can you tell anything about the kind of ground selected by them 
for this purpose and their mode of laying their eggs; whether ane eggs 
stick to plants or stones, and how soon they hatch? 
42. Do they ever lay their eggs in brackish water, and do such eggs 
prosper? 
43, About what date are the young hatched ? 
44. When do they begin to go down toward the sea? 
45. How large are they then? : 
46. Do these young fish swim in schools or singly, near the shore or 
near mid-stream, at the surface or below it? 
47. How fast do they travel? 
48. If you have observed at any particular place, state the date at 
which the young alewives pass that place, and the size of the first and 
of the last. 
49, State any other facts about the behavior of the young fish. 
50. How large are they when they reach the sea? 
