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day— one-half in Star Lake, one-fourtli in Strawberry Lake, and the 

 remaining fourth in Crooked Lake, all in Northern Michigan. Thirty 

 thousand were delivered to Mr. Bassett, who deposited them in Ar- 

 nold's Lake, Washtenaw County, Michigan. 



PENOBSCOT SALMON. 



Mr. Charles Gr. Atkins, of Maine, sent a case of 30,000 eggs of this 

 species to this station. They arrived February 28 in good condition, 

 only three dead eggs being found on unpacking them, and the subse- 

 quent loss was 105. The first fish were hatched March 16, and the last 

 I on March 24. The loss of fry in hatching was about 600, and the re- 

 mainder, something over 29,000, was planted May 25 in headwaters of 

 the Huron Eiver, near the village of Walled Lake, Oakland County, 

 Michigan. 



[ ' EAINBOW TROUT. 



! As an instance of the climatic effect of transfer, our rainbow trout 

 have so far changed their habits as to become winter spawners, and we 

 believe that in a few years their spawning will occur simultaneously 

 with the brook trout. The period of taking eggs extended from De- 



[ cember 19 to March 31, but the largest portion was taken in January 

 andFebruary. We got about 125,000 eggs, but could not succeed in fer- 

 tilizing more than one-fourth of them. The results were better than last 

 season, but far from satisfactory. We shipped away 18,000 eggs and 

 hatched 10,000, retaining 4,000 of the fry for breeding stock. Eggs and 

 fry were shipped as follows : March 24, to Fred. Mather, New York, for 

 reshipment to Herr Yon Behr, Germany, 12,000 eggsj April 11, to 

 Mather, 6,000 eggs, one-half of which were to be forwarded by him to 

 Soci6t6 d'Acclimatation, Paris, and the other half to the Fish Cultural 

 Association, London, England. On May 12, 2,500 fry were sent to A. 

 C. Lanier, of Madison, Ind. -, May 23, 1,000 to J. E. Bassett, Saline, 

 Mich. ; May 30, 2,500 to A. L. Delano, Mount Vernon, Ohio. 



; When the eggs intended for European destinations reached New 

 York, Mr. Mather foulid that they had become overheated, and that all 

 were too far advanced to ship. He therefore exchanged them for an 

 equal number of less advanced eggs from the Cold Springs Harbor 

 station, which he forwarded. The German consignment arrived in poor 

 condition. We have received no reports from the other two lots. 



A case of 4,000 rainbow trout eggs was received March 18 from the 

 Central Station at Washington, where they had been sent direct from 

 the McCloud Eiver Station, in California. They reached here in prime 

 condition, and hatched soon after arrival. The fry were retained here 

 for a breeding stock. 



GERMAN TROUT. 



On February 18 we received a case of 5,000 eggs of German trout 

 {Salmo fario), which arrived in good condition. They hatched about 

 the middle of March, and were taken April 11, in car No. 2, and planted 

 in a branch of the Pere Marquette Eiver, in Northern Michigan. 



