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typical specimens opened had been eating principally amphipods ; 

 one had these only in its stomach, and the other had miscellaneous 

 insect remains in addition to them. 



J. Lake Erie Herring. According to Bean this species is found 

 chiefly in Lake Erie. The fry are ready for distribution in March 

 and April and are usually planted in the waters from which the 

 eggs are obtained. 



4. Greenback Herring. Bean says that the Greenback Herring 

 occurs in Lake Ontario and Cayuga Lake, and that the fry are 

 ready for distribution in March and April and are usually planted 

 in the waters from which the eggs were collected. 



5. Tullibee. The tullibee is the whitefish formerly abundant in 

 Onondaga Lake and common either as a native or by introduction in 

 Oneida Lake. Bean ('03) quotes from James Annin, Jr., on the 

 spawning of the tullibee in Onondaga Lake as follows : 



" They generally commence running up onto the shoals about 

 November 15 and the season extends into December. They come 

 up to the banks or gravelly shoals and spawn in from three to six 

 and seven feet of water." 



This account would indicate that newly hatched fry should be 

 planted in such places, provided they have been found to afford 

 similar conditions to those of the natural spawning beds. 



There appears to be nothing definitely known concerning the life 

 history of this fish. 



Procedure for Planting Young Fish. The method or technique 

 of planting fish as described by Bean ('16) pertains mainly to trout 

 and streams, although some of it applies to standing waters as well. 

 As the present writer has had but little experience in the actual 

 planting of fish he attempts to add nothing to Bean's instructions 

 and accordingly extracts therefrom the most important items. 



Essential Preliminaries. " Plans for stocking should be made 

 during the driest part of the preceding season. Only streams or 

 parts of streams that have not then dried up or become stagnant 

 should be considered in the plans for future planting. Every detail 

 regarding the adaptability of the stream or lake for the fish that it is 

 desired to plant should be carefully considered. Foresight in this 

 direction will save many fish that otherwise would be lost." 



Planting Points and Food Supply. " The two chief requirements 

 of young fish are protection and food. They need protection from 

 predacious enemies, freshets, droughts and disease. In general, for 

 stream-inhabiting species, the headwaters furnish the most suitable 

 planting points. Here the larger fish are not apt to be present to 

 prey upon the fry. Freshets are not so strongly felt there, and are 

 less likely to wash the small fish downstream. Moreover, the 

 chances of pollution are much less. Care must be taken, on the 

 other hand, not to plant the fish in streams or headwaters which 

 may dry up in time of drought. For the young of lake fish the 

 most favorable situations are generally the shallow waters near 



