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escaped into the big pond at the Station, and in December, 1912, 

 when he measured several of them, they had reached a length of 

 nine inches, ten and one-half and twelve inches respectively. In 

 other words, one of them had grown to a length of twelve inches in 

 seven months. 



PlKEPERCH 



The first eggs were taken at the Constantia Station on April 4, 

 1913. There were 59 females and 438 males in the stripping 

 house, but only two quarts of eggs were collected. Owing to the 

 low temperature of the water at the hatchery, 38 degrees, not 

 much progress was made until April 14, on which date 662 quarts 

 had been taken. After this date the fishing dropped off very 

 rapidly. 



Eggs were sent to Linlithgo Hatchery, Cold Spring Harbor, 

 L. I., and Caledonia, N. Y., and exchanges were made with the 

 State Commissions of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Eggs 

 shipped by express to Palmer, Mass., from Constantia arrived in 

 fine condition, and were hatched with very little loss. The same 

 is true of the eggs sent to Long Island and to Pennsylvania. 



Striped Bass 



Early in April, 1913, Mr. Edward Acker ley, of Tarry town, 

 JST. Y., wrote to the Commission that small striped bass are plenti- 

 ful in the Hudson in the vicinity of Tarrytown, and that spawn- 

 ing grounds of the striped bass exist in that region. The fish 

 commissioners of New York and their successors have been trying 

 ever since 1868 to find the spawning ground of the striped bass 

 in the Hudson River without success and they have been equally 

 unsuccessful in securing reliable information concerning such 

 grounds. Seth Green, when a member of the Commission, ob- 

 tained eggs of this bass in the Susquehanna river, at Havre de 

 Grace, Maryland. At the present time, owing to the uncertainty 

 of the egg crop in the Susquehanna and the Potomac Rivers, the 

 U. xS. Bureau of Fisheries collects its supply of striped bass eggs 

 in North Carolina. 



There is no doubt that small striped bass are taken in the 

 Hudson, but it is very doubtful whether they are bred there. 

 Information on this subject is very much desired. 



