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it for years. Jordan gives its range in America aS 

 "Minnesota to Northern Ohio and Quebec, south to 

 South Carolina, east of Alleghanies, not in Ohio Valley 

 or Southwest; abundant." He also gives its length as 

 fifteen inches. It is too common to describe. Is not 

 found in Adirondack waters. The black stripes on 

 yellow ground have given it the names of ringed perch 

 and raccoon perch in some parts. It is a fair table fish, 

 and if from muddy, weedy vi^aters, should be skinned ; 

 in fact, black bass are better when skinned. 



The eggs of this fish are unique. It is the first fish 

 that I hatched and I find the following among my 

 notes: "April 20, 1868, while fishing a few miles below 

 Albany, took and imprejgnated 10,000 spawn of the yel- 

 low perch. The spawn comes in a long ribbon, or 

 rather a cylindric one, double like a stocking leg, but 

 with numerous wrinkles; the eggs are seen as bright 

 spots the size of a pin head scattered through this mu- 

 cous mass. The spawn was partly pressed and partly 

 pulled from the fish and put into the old wash basin 

 used as a boat bailer with water, and the milt from sev- 

 eral males put with it. Took it to Albany in my dinner 

 pail, and remembering that the aquarium at the State 

 Geological Rooms was empty, I asked permission to 

 use it for hatching, which request was kindly granted 

 by Prof. Hall, Curator of the State Cabinet. Noticed 

 life the third day; about 100 dead — all dead by May i, 

 don't know why. 



"I found that this fish hung its spawn over twigs 

 under water, and have found it often hung in the nets. 

 Have often seen it hanging high and dry at least a foot 

 out of water, where it was laid at a higher stage of the 

 river. My spawn was hung on a twig near where the 

 water entered the tank to insure a circulation. 



