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Fig. 20f>, Castalia growth, Poddygut Bay. July i6, 1916 348 



Fig. 207. Shrub, rush and Castalia zones in Fairchild Bay. July 26, 1916 361 



Fig. 208. Shrub bordered shore of Fairchild Bay. June 30, 1916 361 



Fig. 209. Cobble shore of Dunham's Island. July 10, 1916 362 



Fig. 210. Cobble beach of Frenchman's Island. July 11, iyi6 362 



Fig. 211. Dm w//;.cro growth along north shore of Frenchman's Island. July 11,1916 391 



Fig. 212. Sandy beach of Messenger Bay with windrow of May-fly carcasses at water's edge. 



July 5, 1916 391 



Fig. 213. Trout Perch {Percopsis omisco-maycus) 392 



Fig. 214. Brook Silversides (Labidesthes sicculus) 392 



Fig. 215. Calico Bass (Pomoxis sparoides) 392 



Fig. 216. Beach at east end of the lake, showing wave-formed pools. Sept. 9, 1927 397 



Fig. 217. Wave-formed pools at Sylvan Beach, which contain many small land-locked 



fishes of the lake. Sept. 9, 1927 397 



Fig. 218. Shore pond at Sylvan Beach with land-iocked fish. Sept. 9, 1927 39S 



Fig. 219. Several thousand minnows including, Notropis atherinoides, N. rubrijrons and N. 



dorsalis, taken in one haul of the seine. Sept. 9, 1927 39S 



Fig. 220. Scene at mouth of small tributary creek of Oneida Lake at West Vienna. July 19, 



1916 403 



Fig. 221. Douglas Creek. View upstream near the lake. June 22, 1916 403 



Fig. 222. Chittenango Creek at the Protector's Camp and near the lake. July 12, 1916. . . . 404 

 Fig. 223. Chittenango Creek at Bridgeport. View during the spawning season of Pike 



Perch. April 8, 1921 404 



Fig. 224. Eel weirs in Oneida River at Caughdenoy. Sept. 1915 409 



Fig. 225. Another view of Eel weir at Caughdenoy. July 29, 191 7 409 



Fig. 226. Stretching and drymg boards for Eel skins. Photograph also shows dried okins 



and rendered oil 410 



Fig. 227. Eel cribs on shore of Oneida River 410 



Fig. 228, Smokehouse used for smoking Eels 419 



Fig. 229. Bodies of May-flies on surface of Oneida Lake. June 30, 1916 419 



Fig. 230. Large-mouth Black Bass {Micropterus salmoides) 420 



Fig. 231. Pike Perch {Stizosledion vilreum). ..... . 420 



Fig. 232. Manitou Darter {Percina caprodes zebra) 420 



Fig. 233. Fi.shing through the ice for Perch at Oneida Lake. Feb. 6, 1912 429 



Fig. 234. Standard equipment and method of fishing through the ice for Perch at Oneida 



Lake. Feb. 6, 1921 429 



Fig. 235. Scriba Creek at Constantia, at breeding time of Pike Perch. Spawning noted at 



X, which is slightly below the weir and pens. April 22, 1921 443 



Fig. 236. Fish Weir in Scnlia rrnk ai Constantia, N. Y., used for obtaining breeding 



Pike Perch. April jj, I'iji 443 



Fig. 237. Weir and pens for I'ik. I'. i> h m Srriba Creek, Constantia, N. Y. April 22, 1921.. . 444 



Fig. 238. Pike Porch in lul., !( ,i.l\ I'M I iippiiifr. Constantia, N. Y. April 22, 192 1 444 



Fig. 239. AfliT llir im::j , ni^l iml' lia\ r 1 1. , n : 1 nfiind from the Pike Perch, water is added and 



I lie iiir.iiiiv 1 , airiid until 1 lir h 1 iili/.n! eggs are hardened 451 



Fig. 240. Towmg a uilj ^j1 stripped Pike IVuli Im the lake, April 22, 1921. The stripped 



fish are now emptied into Scriba Crock 451 



Fig. 241. Drained Small-mouth Black Bass breeding pond. Shows gravel piles used by the 



fish for nests. Oneida Hatchery, Constantia, N. Y 473 



Fig. 242. One of the stone piles for Small-mouth Black Bass nest. Sept. 9, 1927 473 



Fig. 243. Another stone pile in bass pond bed, Oneida Hatchery, showing gravel sorted by 



breeding fish. Sept. 9, 1927 474 



Fig. 244. Sc recn used about nests of Small-mouth Black Bass at Oneida Hatchery. Sept. 9, 



1927 474 



MAP 



Map 1(1 Map of Oneida Lake .sliowiiig stations where collections were made 1/ eitd 



