14^' 



ZOOLOCilCAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



LOBSTER (HOMARUS AMERICANUS) 



Atlantic coast from Labrador to Delaware. 



RE/ICHES « WEIGHT OF 25 POUNDS-LARGE SPECIMENS NOW RARE, 



BECOMING SCARCE FROM OVERFISHING. 



ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED BY THE GOVERNMENT. 



An important food species, yielding 1 5 million pounds 



yearly, worth one and one-half million dollars. 



OVER 30 MILLION POUNDS MARKETED IN 1889. 



BROOK OR SPECKLED TROUT 



(SALVELINUS FONTINAIIS.) 



Native cast of the Alleghanies from Georgia 



to Labrador, and in the Great Lakes region. 

 EXTENSIVELY INTRODUCED INTO WESTERN WATERS, 

 HAS REACHED A WEIGHT OF 10 POUNDS IN RANGELY UKES. 



Inhabits cold, clear streams and lakes. 

 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND BEST KNOWN OF AMERICAN TROUTS. 



I kANSPAKB;NI' lAHELS. 



NEW LABELS AT THE AQUARIUM. 



'~r^HE new labels at the Aquarium were pre- 



■*■ pared for the purpose of answering the 



questions, respecting fishes, that are 



usually asked by visitors. These refer to the 



various names of each species, where found. 



greatest size, whether edible or not, method of 



capture and duration of life in captivity. 



The labels are transparent and are inserted 



in openings just above the tanks. This style 

 of label has been found very satisfactory for 

 aquarium use and has been adopted for the 

 aquariums now building in Detroit and St. 

 Louis. 



The idea of transparent labels was worked 

 iiut at the New York Aquarium. 



AMERICAN AI.1.I(;AT()R. 



THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND CROCODILE. 



THE .\quarium has never had a specimen 

 of the American Crocodile {Crocodilus 

 anicricaniis) until last summer, when a 

 9-foot individual was secured. This specimen 

 came from Maderia Island, in the Florida Keys, 

 where it is not uncommon. It was captured 

 there by "Alligator Joe," of Palm Beach, and 

 exhibited with other and larger specimens of 

 its kind at Atlantic City during the past sum- 

 mer. 



Large specimens of the crocodile, like the 

 alligator, are now difificult to procure within 

 the limits of the United States, both species 

 having been greatly reduced in numbers, as a 



result of the extensive hunting for alligator 

 leather, which has been going on for many 

 years -■Xt the present time the annual value 

 of the alligator hides derived from Florida 

 and Louisiana amounts to about $34,000 : only 

 a small proportion of this amount is derived 

 from the crocodile, which is confined to 

 southern Florida and is not common. Its 

 range southward extends through the West 

 Indies, Mexico and Central America to north- 

 ern South America. I have observed quite 

 large specimens on the west coast of southern 

 Mexico. Its northward limit in Florida does 

 not extend more than 100 miles from the 



