LXIII 



California Brook Trout — Salmo iridea. 



During the two years preceding tlie last, a considerable 

 number of tlie eggs of tlie brook trout were xDurchased 

 and hatched out at the Druid Hill hatching establish- 

 ment, and the young fry distributed to persons who were 

 desirous of stocking their streams with this lish. The 

 means at the disposal of the Commission did not warrant 

 a further expenditure during the year 1880, and we are 

 indebted to the liberality of the II. S. Commissioner for 

 a supply of trout eggs obtained from the trout common 

 to the streams of the Pacific slope. And as this member 

 of the trout family not only grows more rapidly than the 

 eastern species, but attains a larger size, and is found in 

 much warmer waters than those inhabited by its cousin 

 of the Atlantic states, I have deemed it of importance to 

 attempt its introduction into the waters of Maryland. 



Several consignments of these eggs received from the 

 IT. S. Commission were successfully hatched and were 

 distributed under the same regulations that had been 

 established for the distribution of the salmo fontinalis. 



The accompanying tabulated statement of the distri- 

 bution of t^e California trout will show \\\e waters in 

 which they were placed. 



