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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  [6] 
  

  

  known 
  in 
  many 
  "parts 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  as 
  "frost-fish," 
  and 
  which 
  is 
  much 
  

   esteemed 
  here 
  as 
  food. 
  These 
  fish 
  come 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  shores 
  and 
  along 
  

   the 
  docks 
  to 
  spawn 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  not 
  ad 
  

   hesive, 
  nor 
  are 
  they 
  as 
  buoyant 
  as 
  the 
  egg 
  of 
  the 
  codfish, 
  although 
  

   structurally 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  the 
  tomcod 
  are 
  closely 
  related. 
  We 
  took 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  in 
  milk-pans, 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  handling 
  trout 
  and 
  similar 
  fishes. 
  

   The 
  eggs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  McDonald 
  jars, 
  where 
  they 
  hatched 
  in 
  

   about 
  twenty-five 
  days, 
  at 
  a 
  temperature 
  which 
  ranged 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  

   between 
  December 
  15 
  and 
  January 
  8 
  from 
  36 
  to 
  46 
  degrees 
  Fahrenheit 
  

   The 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  harbor. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   fish 
  handled 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  I. 
  — 
  Distribution 
  of 
  whitefish 
  from 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  April, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Table 
  II. 
  — 
  Distribution 
  of 
  brook 
  trout 
  from 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Table 
  III. 
  — 
  Distribution 
  of 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  from 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  in 
  May, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  Delivered 
  to 
  — 
  

  

  Post-office 
  address. 
  

  

  Number 
  

   offish 
  

  

  May 
  

  

  George 
  Snvder 
  Manhasset, 
  N. 
  T 
  

  

  J. 
  R. 
  Wood 
  J 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  N. 
  

  

  F. 
  H. 
  Weeks 
  ! 
  do 
  .... 
  

  

  A. 
  W. 
  Benson 
  •- 
  

  

  Patrick 
  McGovern 
  

  

  Dr. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Fisher 
  

  

  A. 
  W. 
  Humphreys 
  

  

  James 
  Ramsbottom 
  

  

  Weeks 
  <fc 
  De 
  Forest 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  Brooklvn, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  SingSi'ng, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  Sterlington, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  Baldwin, 
  N. 
  Y 
  

  

  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  1,000 
  

  

  1, 
  000 
  

   1.000 
  

   4.000 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  2, 
  500 
  

   3,000 
  

  

  500 
  

   1,000 
  

  

  14, 
  50D 
  

  

  