REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXIII 



p. The Rainbow Trout (Sal mo iridcus). 



The MoGloud River Station. — The first eggs for the season of 1885-'80 

 were taken on December 26, 1885, which was somewhat earlier than 

 usual. The species seem to spawn sooner than formerly. The spawn- 

 ing season closed May 10. 221,425 eggs were taken from 220 fish. 

 30,000 eggs were lost because of high and muddy water; 15,000 were 

 batched for the trout ponds and the river, and 131,000 were distrib- 

 uted, chiefly to State fish commissions and to Central Station. During 

 the spawning season of 18S6-87, which lasted from December 26 to 

 April 11, 268,400 eggs were taken from 200 fish. 81,100 of these were 

 lost from various causes; 30,300 were hatched and the fry planted iu 

 the McCloud River; the remaiuiug 145,000 were sent to State commis- 

 sions and to Central Station. 



The Northville /Station. — The spawning season in the ponds lasted from 

 January 9 to April 25. 106,350 e^gs were obtained from 375 fish ; 

 25,000 were sent to the Michigan Fish Commission; 25,000 to Mr. Black- 

 ford, for shipment to France; while 25,000 fry were hatched out and 

 nearly all of them kept at the station. 4,920 young fish were shipped 

 away from the station. 



The Wytheville Station.— During April and May, 1887, 8,000 fry were 

 received from the Central Station, and 220,500 eggs were collected at 

 "Wytheville. During the fiscal year 1886-'87, 12,095 yearlings, 271 two 

 years old or older, and 98,000 eggs were shipped away. 40,000 eggs 

 were sent to Germany, 10,000 to England, and 5,000 to France. The 

 remaining eggs and fry were distributed to private applicants, to suit- 

 able streams for stocking, and to various hatcheries. Mr. Max von dem 

 Borne, writing from Berneucheu, Germany, on April 11, 1887, stated 

 that the fry hatched from the eggs received were iu excellent condition. 



q. The Brown Trout (Salmo fario). 



The Cold Spring Harbor Station. — 64,000 eggs were received in very 

 bad condition from the Deutsche Fischerei-Verein March 1, 1886, and 

 40,000 came from the same source, in good condition, March 20. On 

 April 16, 50,000 eggs arrived iu good order from Max von dem Borne. 

 13,000 eggs were repacked and sent to the Northville Station, and 1,000 

 to the Wisconsin Fish Commission. During April and May, 23,500 

 young trout were planted in suitable waters in New York. 



In July a brown trout was caught in Allen's Creek, a tributary of the 

 Genesee River, New York, which weighed 3 pounds. This must have 

 been hatched from the first lot of eggs received in America. One of 

 this first shipment, which was hatched and reared at Cold Spring Har- 

 bor, weighed 3i pounds in October, 1880, at the age of three and one- 

 half years. 



During March, 1837, 108,000 brown trout eggs were received from 

 Germany, but 60,000 of them were unfit to bo developed. The last ship- 

 ment of 50,000 eggs contained 13,000 dead ones. The good eggs of this 

 S. Mis. 90 in 



