INDEX. 



Agassiz, Professor, drawings of eggs 

 of the Coregonus palxa as seen 

 under a powerful magnifier, 144, 145 ; 

 requests specimens of Salmonidae, 

 342 - 344. 



Ainsworth, spawning race, 29-31; 

 Collins's modification of, 32-36; 

 period of hatching, table, 141. 



Alevins, duration of period, 152; ef- 

 fect of cold on, 158; experiments 

 with, 326; first appearance of, 151 ; 

 glass lining in troughs an injury to, 

 155; habitsof, 152- 159 ; instinct to 

 hide, 154; meaning of word *' ale- 

 vin," 151 ; monstrositiesamong, 159; 

 perversity in, 157; quantity of water 

 necessary to, 158 ; tendency to follow 

 current of water, 156; transportation 

 of, 214. 



American Fish Culturists* Asso- 

 ciation, organization of, 339-341. 



Animal Parasites, description of, on 

 young fry, 200 ; on large trout, Ap- 

 pendix I. 



Apparatus for hatching, 47. 



Aqueducts, charred, 48 ; covered, 49 ; 

 hatching room, 48 ; security of, 48. 



Atkins, table of spawn in different 

 fish, 288 ; table of impregnated sal- 

 mon eggs at Maine State Salmon- 

 Breeding Establishment, 104. 



Authorities, list of, 356-361. 



Bertram, extract from Harvest of the 



Sea, 348. 

 Breeders, effect of health on progeny, 



182, 183. 

 Buckland, Frank, directions for 



marking salmon, 345 - 347 ; table of 



spawn in different fish, 287. 

 Buildings, number of, 40; carpen- 



ter's shop, 43 ; hatching house, 44 ; 

 ice house, 43 ; meat room, 41, 42 ; 

 office, 43 ; store-room, 42. 

 Bvssus, cause of, 131; effect of, 132; 

 peculiarities of, 132. 



Canadian Correspondence, letters 

 from Mr. Whitcher, 317-319- 



Cannibalism, danger of, 205; remedy 

 for, 206. 



Cold Spring Trout Ponds, brief 

 sketch of, 309-314; table of spawn 

 taken in one month, 289, 290; table 

 of spawning time, 290, 291. 



Commissary Department, care and 

 preparation of meat, 233 ; cheap- 

 ness of food, 229 ; fish flesh used as 

 food, 231 ; keeping meat, 234 ; kind 

 of food, 229 ; minnows as food, 230 ; 

 nutritious food, 230 ; plate of meat- 

 cutter, 233; sour-milk curd, 232; 

 worms and insects used as food, 232 ; 

 variety in food, 230. 



Coste, arrangement of glass grilles, 

 64-67 ; table of period of spawning 

 of European fish which reproduce 

 in fresh water, 291. 



Covers, material for, 63 ; necessity 

 for, 62. 



Diseases of young fry, 194-209; list 



of, 194 ; large trout, 256. 

 Distributing Spout, description of, 



S3 ; office of, 53 ; preparation of, 53. 



Eggs, appearance of impregnated and 

 unimpreguated, 137; cause of death 

 among, 125- 134 ; color of, 118 ; 

 daily examination while hatching, 

 132; developmental hatching time, 

 141; different fish produced by, 142 ; 



