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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  January 
  1, 
  1885, 
  a 
  case 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  1,000,000 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Nortkville 
  station 
  

   in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  These 
  eggs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  McDonald 
  jars 
  

   and 
  hatched 
  well 
  ; 
  and 
  900,000 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  lakes 
  of 
  

   Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  d. 
  The 
  Moranke 
  (Coregonus 
  albula). 
  

  

  The 
  Bucksport 
  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  January 
  30, 
  1885, 
  a 
  case 
  containing 
  50,- 
  

   000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  species 
  of 
  Coregonus 
  inhabiting 
  Lake 
  Constance, 
  

   Switzerland, 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  station 
  from 
  the 
  

   hatchery 
  of 
  Carl 
  Schuster 
  in 
  Baden. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  

   and 
  were 
  repacked 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  the 
  Bucksport 
  station, 
  which 
  they 
  

   reached 
  with 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  only 
  300 
  dead. 
  Subsequent 
  losses 
  in 
  hatching 
  . 
  

   left 
  10,000 
  fry, 
  which 
  in 
  April 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Heart 
  Pond, 
  near 
  Or- 
  

   land, 
  and 
  Lake 
  Hebron, 
  near 
  Monson, 
  in 
  Maine. 
  

  

  Two 
  consignments 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  fish, 
  aggregating 
  150,000, 
  were 
  

   also 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fischerei-Vereiu, 
  100,000 
  of 
  which 
  

   were 
  allotted 
  to 
  the 
  Bucksport 
  station 
  for 
  hatching 
  and 
  planting 
  in 
  

   Maine 
  waters, 
  and 
  50,000 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Northville 
  station 
  for 
  stock- 
  

   ing 
  suitable 
  lakes 
  in 
  the 
  Northwestern 
  States. 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  from 
  the 
  proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Acclimatization 
  Society 
  of 
  

   France 
  in 
  1885 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  was 
  receiving 
  eggs 
  of 
  C. 
  

   albula 
  from 
  Germany 
  the 
  above-named 
  society 
  was 
  also 
  being 
  favored 
  

   by 
  the 
  Deutsche 
  Fischerei-Verein, 
  100,000 
  eggs 
  having 
  been 
  received 
  at 
  

   Paris 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  that 
  year. 
  M. 
  Baveret-Wattel, 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

   society, 
  reports 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  excellent 
  species 
  for 
  introduction 
  into 
  the 
  

   lakes 
  of 
  Northern 
  Europe 
  and 
  of 
  especial 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  of 
  

   France, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  lakes 
  of 
  Auvergne. 
  

  

  Of 
  it 
  Herr 
  von 
  dem 
  Borne 
  says: 
  "It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  fish 
  found 
  in 
  deep 
  

   lakes 
  of 
  Northern 
  Germany, 
  growing 
  to 
  one 
  or 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  pounds 
  

   weight." 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  description 
  of 
  Coregonus 
  albula 
  is 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Prof. 
  B. 
  

   Benecke, 
  of 
  Konigsberg 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  body 
  is 
  six 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  it 
  isliigb, 
  and 
  2 
  to 
  2^ 
  times 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  thick; 
  the 
  

   head 
  is 
  pointed 
  ; 
  the 
  snont 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  blunt 
  end 
  ; 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  projects 
  a 
  little, 
  

   and 
  its 
  thick 
  chin 
  fits 
  in 
  a 
  shallow 
  cut 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  jaw. 
  The 
  jaws 
  have 
  no 
  teeth 
  ; 
  

   only 
  the 
  tongue 
  has 
  very 
  diminutive 
  and 
  tender 
  teeth. 
  The 
  shape 
  and 
  position 
  of 
  

   the 
  fins 
  resemble 
  that 
  of 
  other 
  kinds 
  of 
  Coregonus. 
  The 
  color 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  is 
  bluish- 
  

   green, 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  belly 
  silvery 
  ; 
  the 
  dorsal, 
  ventral, 
  and 
  candal 
  fins 
  are 
  gray, 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  fins 
  colorless. 
  # 
  Tho 
  milters 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  the- 
  spawners. 
  

   The 
  small 
  Marane 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  deep 
  lakes 
  of 
  the 
  Uralo-Baltic 
  range 
  from 
  

   Russia 
  to 
  Mecklenburg, 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Scandinavia 
  and 
  in 
  Finland. 
  

   Generally 
  living 
  in 
  deep 
  water 
  where 
  they 
  feed 
  on 
  small 
  crustaceans, 
  worms, 
  and 
  

   muscels, 
  they 
  come 
  to 
  tho 
  surfaco 
  only 
  at 
  night, 
  especially 
  during 
  warm 
  summer 
  

   nights, 
  when 
  they 
  sport 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  splashing 
  cau 
  be 
  heard 
  for 
  some 
  dis- 
  

   tance. 
  In 
  November 
  and 
  December 
  they 
  go 
  into 
  shallow 
  water 
  for 
  tho 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   spawning, 
  geuerally 
  only 
  at 
  night, 
  and 
  leaping 
  about 
  in 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  lively 
  man- 
  

   ner, 
  and 
  making 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  noise 
  they 
  drop 
  each 
  from 
  2,000 
  to 
  5,000 
  eggs, 
  about 
  2 
  

   millimeters 
  in 
  size, 
  into 
  the 
  water. 
  The 
  eggs 
  sink 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  and 
  generally 
  ad- 
  

  

  