﻿V.-REPORT 
  OF 
  OPERATIONS 
  AT 
  COLD 
  SPRING 
  HARBOR, 
  NEW 
  

   YORK, 
  DURING 
  THE 
  SEASON 
  OF 
  1885. 
  

  

  By 
  Fred 
  Mather. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  hatching 
  and 
  distributing 
  different 
  species 
  of 
  Salmon- 
  

   idae 
  and 
  other 
  fishes 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  (owned 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  fish 
  com- 
  

   mission), 
  done 
  wholly 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  I 
  have 
  

   the 
  honor 
  to 
  report 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  WHITEFISH 
  (COEEGONTJS 
  CLUPEIFORMIS). 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  1, 
  1885, 
  there 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Clark, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Northville, 
  Mich., 
  station, 
  one 
  case 
  containing 
  1,000,000 
  whitefish 
  

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

   jars, 
  and 
  hatched 
  well. 
  They 
  were 
  distributed 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  lakes 
  of 
  

   Long 
  Island, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  live. 
  Letters 
  from 
  J. 
  

   H. 
  Perkins, 
  esq., 
  of 
  Kiverhead, 
  Suffolk 
  Count}', 
  New 
  York, 
  the 
  county 
  

   treasurer, 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  rumored 
  that 
  specimens 
  of 
  whitefish 
  of 
  a 
  quarter 
  

   of 
  a 
  pound 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  Great 
  Pond, 
  near 
  that 
  place, 
  of 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year's 
  planting, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  get 
  specimens, 
  

   and 
  t 
  lie 
  rumors 
  cannot 
  be 
  traced 
  to 
  any 
  reliable 
  source, 
  although 
  Mr. 
  

   Perkins 
  has 
  tried 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  

  

  BROOK 
  TROUT 
  (SALVELINUS 
  FONTINALIS). 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  31, 
  1885, 
  we 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Clark 
  one 
  case 
  containing 
  

   7,000 
  eggs. 
  They 
  came 
  during 
  very 
  cold 
  weither, 
  and 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  

   moss 
  packing 
  was 
  frozen, 
  and 
  some 
  ice 
  was 
  among 
  the 
  eggs, 
  which 
  

   were 
  quite 
  dry 
  and 
  considerably 
  indented. 
  We 
  sprinkled 
  them 
  with 
  

   spring 
  water, 
  at 
  38° 
  Fahr., 
  until 
  we 
  brought 
  them 
  up 
  to 
  that 
  tempera- 
  

   ture, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  troughs. 
  The 
  loss 
  of 
  eggs 
  during 
  

   hatching 
  was 
  087, 
  and 
  of 
  fry 
  530, 
  or 
  about 
  1,200 
  in 
  all. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  

   placed 
  in 
  streams 
  at 
  Islip 
  and 
  Bellport, 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  Also 
  there 
  

   were 
  planted 
  10,500 
  fry, 
  hatched 
  from 
  eggs 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  

  

  RAINBOW 
  TROUT 
  (SALMO 
  IRIDEUS). 
  

  

  February 
  25, 
  1885, 
  we 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  at 
  North 
  ville, 
  Mich., 
  

   10,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  and 
  on 
  March 
  9 
  

   Li] 
  109 
  

  

  