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dniiuo the day they may be seen in pairs and small schools, pok- 

 ing along the shores, but at night they come in thousands and 

 keep up a constant loud splashing and fluttering, very strange 

 and .weird on a calm night. Two years ago I carefuly counted 

 the ova from a ripe fish 2^ pounds in weight, and found there 

 were L'.'iTOO, closely resembling w^hitefish eggs in appearance, but 

 somewhat smaller. After spawning the fish are very thin, lank, 

 dull in color, and quite unfit for human food. 



James Annin jr furnished me the following notes on the 

 spawning of the tuUibee in Onondaga lake, N. Y. 



They generally commence running up onto the shoals about 

 Xovember 15, and the season extends into December. They come 

 up to the banks or gravelly shoals and spawn in from 8 to 6 and 

 7 feet of water. They have never been caught with the hook 

 in this lake; and an old fisherman told me that he had tried 

 almost every kind of bait, and had used the very finest gut and 

 the smallest hooks baited with Gammarus (fresh-water 

 shrimp) and other kinds of natural food that is, he supposed 

 the food was natural to them. At the same time, he claims he 

 could see them in large schools lying in the water 8 or 10 feet 

 from the surface. 



.V female tullibee was sent from Onondaga lake by Mr Annin 

 Nov. IS. 189.5, and another of the same sex Nov. 25, 1896. 



The following notes relate to the female obtained Nov. 18, 

 1895. 



Inches 



Longtb to end of caudal 18Vo 



Length of upper caudal lobe 2% 



Length of middle enudal rays 1 



Least dciith of caudal peduncle 1% 



Depth of body at dorsal origin 4% 



Length of head 31^ 



Ivength of maxilla % 



Diameter of eye % 



Lcngtli of longest gill raker ,% 



The mandible projects slightly. P.. 8; D. 11; A. 11; Y. 11. 

 Scales 8-75-8; gill rakers, 17+27. 



The female received Nov. 25, 1896, is 15 inches long. 



New \()rk is well supi)lied with Coregonidae, having seven of 

 I lie h; \(. nil American species. C. q u a d r i 1 a t e r a 1 i s is 

 I he ti-j.Kttisli <.r the Adirondacks and the Great lakes. C. 

 c I II ).( i Co V III i s. ihc common whitefish, inhabits the Great 

 Jakes ;iii(l l.;ikc Champlain; it is very abundant also in the 



