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Oil the same date there were received 20,000 eggs of the Saibliug 

 from Herr von Behr. i>resideut of the Deutsche Fischerei-Verein, from 

 which we removed 5,000 dead and sent the remainder to Mr. F. jST. 

 Clark, Northville, Mich., who reported their arrival in good order. 



(B) Brown Trout (Salmo fario). —On March 4, 1887, there was re- 

 ceived from Herr von dem Borne, per steamer Elbe, one case contain- 

 ing 8,000 brown trout eggs, which arrived in very good condition, very 

 few being dead ; and, in accordance with orders, they were kept at Cold 

 Spring Harbor. On March 22 there were received from von dem Borne 

 50,000 brown trout eggs, in two cases. They were in very bad condi- 

 tion, many being hatched. On the first day 30,000 dead were removed. 

 These eggs not being fit to send out were placed in the troughs to hatch, 

 the prospect of getting any good fish at all from them being very small. 

 At the present time there are about 3,000 fry which are two weeks old 

 and looking well. Probably six hours more in the package would have 

 ruined them. 



On March 9 there were received from Herr von Behr, of the Deutsche 

 Fischerei Verein, per steamer Werra, one case containing 50,000 eggs 

 of the brown trout, which were in excellent condition, although 13,000 

 from the lower trays were dead. These eggs were sent out as follows: 



E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, N. H f 5,000 



Central Hatching Station, at Washington, D. C .' 5,000 



F. N. Clark, Northville, Mich 20,000 



Pennsylvania Hatchery, Corry, Pa 10,000 



Wytheville, Va., Hatchery 10,000 



The above figures include the 14,500 saibliug, which, as already ex- 

 plained, had been mixed with them. All except Colonel Hodge got a 

 portion of them. 



This station has received on account of the New York Fish Commis- 

 sion the following eggs shipped to Commissioner E. G. Blackford : 

 twenty thousand eggs of the grayling (Thymallus vexilltfer Ag.), of 

 which only 300 eggs were good, and 10,000 eggs of the brown trout from 

 Herr von Behr, Avhich came in excellent condition. 



Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y., April 8, 1887. 



