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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tOcr. 3, 1903. 
Buffalo sunfish— Michigan .Lepomis cyanellus. 
Butter-fish— Illinois Pomoxis sparoides. 
Calico bass — General..'. Pomoxis sparoides. 
Calico Ijream — Souti; Carolina.. Pomoxis sparoides. 
Campellit e— Kenluckv Pomoxis sparoides? 
Cainpbellite — Kentucky; Indiana: Illinois Pomoxis annularis. 
Chain-sided sunfish Leporais macrocheirus. 
Chain side Lepomis macrocheirus. 
Chinquapin perch— Florida Lepomis punctatus. 
Chinquapin perch — Lower Mississippi Valley. . .Pomoxis annularis. 
Chinquapin perch— North Carolina Pomoxis sparoides. 
Chub — North Carolina Chsenobryttus gulosus. 
Chub— North Carolina; Virginia. ............Micropterus salmoides. 
Chub robin— North Carolina ,..4.... Eupomotis gibbosus? 
Common bass ...........Micropterus salmoides. 
Common sunfish Eupomotis gibbosus, Lepomis megalotis. 
Copper-headed brearri— Florida ; Lepomis pallidus. 
Copper-nosed bream — General .Lepomis pallidus. 
Ccw Bass— Indiana Micropterus salmoides. 
^Crapet Pomoxis, etc. 
Crape t calicot Pomoxis sparoides. 
Ciapet jaune ■; Eupomotis gibbosus. 
^Crapet mondoux , , Ainbloplites rupestris. 
Crepet noir- Montreal.,' , Ambloplites rupestris. 
Crapet vert .Ambloplites rupestris. 
Crappie— General ^. ,. ; Pomoxis annularis. 
Crappie— North Carolina; general.... Pomoxis sparoides. 
Crappy (see crappie). 
Croppie (see crappie). 
Croppie— Missouri Ambloplites rupestris. 
Croppy (see crappie). 
DoHardce— Kentucky -. Lepomis pallidus. 
Dolly \''^arden — IilLnoiSi. ...... Pomoxis sparoides. 
Dotted painted-tail...,,,. I ..4.. Micropterus salmoides. 
Dwarf bass .,,,.v.,.,... ...... ;.....,.Microptenis dolomieu. 
Eared sunfish .• , Lepomis megalotis. 
Female perch— Maine , Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Flat-fish— Maine; Massachusetts Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Flat fish— Maine Lepomis auritus. 
Flier (or flver)— Norti Carolina Centrarchus macropterus. 
Flounder— Elaine Lepomis auntus. 
Flounder— Maine Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Flying perch— North Carolina Centrarchus macropterus. 
Fresh-water bass Ambloplites rupestris. 
Fresh-water perch Eupomotis gibbpsus. 
Fresh-water sunfish Lepomis auritus. 
Fresh-water trout-^S. C; Ga.; Fla Micropterus salmoides. 
Gilded sunfish Lepomis macrocheirus. 
Goggle-eve— General in West Amblophtes rupestris. 
Goggle-eye— General; N. C; Tex Chaenobryttus gulosus. 
Gbggle-eye— Southern States ..Pomoxis sparoides. 
Goggle-eye ...Pomoxis annularis. 
Goggle-eyed bass-r-Ohio Ambloplites rupestris. 
Goggle-eved perch— Southern States Pomoxis sparoides. 
Goggle-eyed perch— Louisiana Lepomis auritus? 
Gold bass— Ohio Valley Micropterus dolornieu. 
Goldfish— Ohio, etc Lepomis macrocheirus. 
Gold ring— Ohio Valley I....-..,.. .....Pomoxis annularis. 
Gold-ring pomoxis ....Pomoxis annularis. 
Grass bass— Indiana ; Minnesota .Micropterus salmoides. 
Grass Bass— Lake Erie; Ohio; 111.; Miss. V'y- -Pomoxis sparoides. 
Grav bass— Michigan Micropterus salmoides. 
Green bass— Michigan; Ohio River Micropterus salmoides. 
Green bass— Kentucky Micropterus dolomieu. 
Green perch .v,*.-,' Micropterus sp. 
Green sunfish— General Lepomis cyanellus. 
Green trout— Louisiana Micropterus salmoides. 
Green trout— Kentucky .Micropterus dolomieu. 
■•Growler Micropterus salmoides. 
Harlequin roach Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Hog bass— Ohio Valley Micropterus dolomieu (young). 
jjuron Micropterus salmoides. 
John Demon Pomoxis .annularis. 
lug-mouth— North Carolina Chjenobryttus gulosus. 
lumper— Southern States Micropterus salmoides et dolomieu. 
Kiver— New Hampshire: Lepomis auntus. 
T<jiver— Maine • Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Lake ha'ss— Ohio? Ambloplites rupestris. 
Lake bass— Ohio Micropterus salmoides. 
Lake bass— Great Lakes? Pomoxis sparoides. 
Lake crappie— Great Lakes?..... Pomoxis sparoides. 
Lake Erie bass— Pennsylvania; Ohio Pomoxis sparoides. 
Lake Huron black bass Micropterus salmoides. 
Lamplighter— Ohio Pomoxis sparoides. 
Lar^e-finned bass ■. Centrarchus macropterus. 
Large-mouthed bass— General . ; . . . .Micropterus salmoides. 
Large-mouthed black bass— General Micropterus salmoides. 
Large-.scaled sunfish ....Lepomis megaloti.s. 
Leather car-North Carolina Lepomis auntus. 
Leather wing— North Carolina Lepomis auntus. 
Little bass— Ohio Valley Micropterus dolomieu (young). 
■Little bream.... Enneacanthus obesus. 
Little red-eye! Lepomis cyanellus. 
Little sunfish • Enneacanthus. 
Long-eared sunfish Lepomis megalotis. 
Long-eared sunfish Lepomis auntus. 
Long-finned sunfish. Centrarchus macropterus. 
Many-'pined sunfish.... Centrarchus macropterus. 
Mar?h bass— Ohio Micropterus sa moides. 
Mill pond chub— Virginia Micropterus salmoides. 
IMIllpond flier— North Carolina Pomoxis sparoides. 
Mi.l p<-.nd perch— North Carolina Centrarchus macropterus. 
Minny bass— Ohio Valley Micropterus dolomieu (young). 
•■More-mouth 1 ream— South Carolina Ch;enobryttus gulosus. 
Moss bass-Indiana. Micropterus salmoides. 
Mountain trout— Alabama Micropterus dolomieu. 
Mud bass— Indiana Micropterus salmoides. 
Mud -bass Acantharchus pomotis. 
Mud chub— North Carolina Chanobn^tus gulosus. 
Mud perch— North Carolina Acantharchus pomotis. 
Mud sunfish Acantharchus pomotis 
New light— Kentucky Pomoxis sparoides? 
New light— Ky; Ind.; Ill .Pomoxis annularis. 
Northern crappie ..Pomoxis sparoides. 
Northern pomotis Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Obscure fresh-water bass Micropterus dolomieu. 
Orange-Spotted sunfish ...Lepomis humilis. 
Oswego bass— Great Lakes; New York Micropterus sa moides. 
Painted-tail- Ohio Micropterus salmoides. 
Pale crappie— Illinois ..Pomoxis annularis. 
Pale river-bass Micropterus salmoides. 
Pallid sunfish .Eupomotis pallidus. 
Paper-mouth-Indiana Pomoxis annularis. 
-••Pearch or peerch— Southern States Lepomis, Eupomotis, etc. 
Perch— General Lepomis, Eupomotis, etc. 
Pg^gjj , CentraAhus macropterus. 
Perch— Southern States" .Micropterus salmoides et dolomieu. 
Perch— Southern States Chsnobryttus gulosus. 
Perch-California • Archoplites interruptus. 
Perch-mouth bream— Florida Chsnobryttus gulosus. 
Pond perch ...Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Pond nerch— Ohio Micropterus sa' moides. 
Pumnkin seed— New England & Middle States. Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Ouiver-Maine Lepomis auntus. 
Ouiver-Maine Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Pa/or-hack Pomoxis sparoides. 
Ped-he1Hed bream— North Carolina Lepomis auntus. 
Red-belHed bream.... Leoomis megalotis. 
Red-belHed perch-South Atlantic States ..Lepomis auntus. 
PeH-hellied perch-Georgia ..Lepomis megalotis. 
Red-bellied robin perch— North Carolina Lepomis auritus. 
Red -belly— North Carolina. ...-.Lepomis a""tus. 
Rpd-be!Iv-North Carolina Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Red-helly-Ohio- Valley Lepomis megalotis. 
Red breast Lepomis auntus. 
Ked-eye-General Ambloplites rupestris. 
Red-eye-General Ch^nobryttus gulosus. 
Red-eye— Illinois. . ; Lepomis cyanellus. 
Ped-eye— North Carolina Micropterus dolomieu. 
Red-eved bream -South Atlantic States..- Ambloplites rupestns. 
Red-eyed bream— Iowa; Arkansas; Ohio?. . .Chsenobryttus gulostis. 
Red-eyed perch— General Ambloplites rupestris. 
Red-eyed sunfish...... Lepomis megalotis. 
Ped-eyed sunfish Ambloplites rupestris. 
■Red-headed bream— Pennsylvania .....Lepomis auntus. 
Red perch— Texas . ..Lepomis mmiatus. 
Red perch— Georgia Lepomis auntus. 
Ked-spotted sunfish— Miss.; Ark.; Iowa? ...Lepomis humilis. 
Red sunfish— Maine .' Lepomis auritu*. 
Red-tailed bream Lepomis auntus- 
'Red-tailed pomotis .....Lepomis auiitus. 
River bass .0. .................. .Micropterus salmoides. 
River bass — ' .Micropterus dolomieu. 
River crappie— fUiiiois Pomo xis a nnularis. 
Roach— Maine ..IJ-epoBBh ^nnt'iS' 
Roach— Ohjo; Maine,, w. Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Roach — Ohio Pomoxis sparoides. 
Robin — North Carolma-l'.' Lepomis auritus. 
Robin — North Carolina Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Robin perch — North Carolina Lepomis auritus. 
Robin perch — ^\'irginia; North Carolina 'Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Rock bass — General... ...'....Ambloplites rupestris. 
Rock bass Micropterus sp. 
Rock fish ,.; ......i. Pomoxis sparoides. 
Round bass Centrarchus. 
.Round sunfish ., Centrarchus macropterus. 
RufF— Massachusetts ; Eupomotis gibbosus. 
.'Sac-a-lait (lai)— Lower Miss. Valley,,'. Pomoxis annularis. 
Sac-a-lait— Louisiana.. ....J ....Chsenobryttus gulosus? 
Sac-i-lait — Louisiana Centrarchus macropterus? 
Sac-a-lait — Texas. .' Pomoxis sparoides. 
Sac-a-lait — Texas Pomoxis annularis. 
Sacramento perch Archoplites interruptus. 
Salmon-formed growler i.......... Micropterus salmoides. 
Sand perch— North CaroUna,-i,.,".,.,.i,. .Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Sand perch.. .i .... .-..'..I...... ...... , . , .Pomoxis sparoides. 
Shad -. Pomoxis annularis. 
Shell-cracker-^Florida Eupomotis hoUirooki, 
Shining bass... Centrarchus macropterus. 
Silver bass— Illinois. Pomoxis sparoides. 
Silver perch — Ohio Valley Pomoxis annularis. 
Silver perch — North Carolina Pomoxis sparoides. 
Slough bass. .•• . .°. . .'.Micronterus salmoides. 
Small green sunfish..; i. Lepomis megalotis. 
Small-mouthed black bass— General ....Micropterus dolomieu. 
.Small-mouthed black bass— General .Micropterus salmoides. 
Southern chub ;Micropterus salmoides. 
Southern crappie ' .' ; Pomoxis annularis. . 
Speckled bass— Michigan.......'. Pomoxis sparoides. . 
Speckled hen— Canada i......... Micropterus sp. 
Speckled perch — N. C. ; Fla.; Ark. ; .Ga.;..' Pomoxis sparoides. 
Speckled perch Pomoxis annularis. 
Spotted bass, .Micropterus sp. 
Spotted bream -. Lepomis punctuatus. 
Spotted perch — Florida Pomoxis sparoides. 
Spotted river bass , Micropterus dolomieu. 
Spotted trout — Georgia.. , ..Pomoxis sparoides. 
Straw bass — Michigan; Indiana... i .. .Micropterus salmoides. 
Straw bass — Ohio.. '. Pomoxis sparoides. 
•Strawberry bass — General Pomoxis sparoides. 
Strawberry perch.... Pomoxis sparoides et annularis. 
Streaked cheeks river bass .Micropterus dolomieu. 
Streaked head — Ohio Valley Micropterus dolomieu. 
Striped bass — 'Chautauqua Lake, N. Y...... Micropterus salmoides. 
''Suckley perch — Louisiana Pornoxis annularis. 
Sun bass — New York. ,....».,.».'.>»,,..,;»,. /..Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Sunfish -. . .1.. . .. .. i". .Ambloplites rupestris. 
Sunfish — North Carolina; So. States Centrarchus" macropterus, 
Sunfish , Cheenobryttus gulosus. 
Sunfish — General Lepomis, Eupomotis, etc. 
Sunfish- bass— Kentucky River. Ambloplites rupestris. 
Sunfish river bass.. , Ambloplites rupestris. 
Sunny— New York; New England.. Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Sun perch — Mississippi Lepomis megalotis. 
Sun perch— Tennessee. Ambloplites rupestris. 
Sun perch — Pennsylvania.' Lepomis auritus. 
Sun perch — Georgia..... Pomoxis sparoides. 
Sun trout — Georgia ; Chasnobryttus gulosus. 
'Sw ago— New York; Vermont Micropterus dolomieu. 
Sv/ago bass — New York; Vermont..,.', Micropterus dolomieu. 
Swego— New York ; Vermont . . . > Micropterus dolomieu. 
Swego bass — New 'York; Vermont.... .Micropterus dolomieu. 
Timber croppie .Pomoxis annularis. 
Tin-mouth— Illinois ...'....;..,,'...•.. Pomoxis sparoides. 
Tin-mouth— Ohio Valley; Indiana:.' .Pomoxis annularis. 
Tin perch ..' Pomoxis annularis. 
Tobacco box— Md. ; Va. : D. C Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Trout — Southern States Micropterus salmoides et dolomieu. 
Trout bass— Ohio Valley.... .Micropterus dolomieu. 
Trout perch— Ohio Valley; So. States Micropterus dolomieu: 
Trout river bass Micropterus dolomieu. 
^Warm-mouth perch— Georgia Chsenobryttus gulosus. 
Warmouth— General Cheenobryttus gulosus. 
Warmouth bream- Florida Cha;nobryttus gulosus. 
Warmouth perch— S. C, ; Ga. ; Fla Chxnobryttus gulosus. 
Welshman— North Carolina; Virginia Micropterus salmoides. 
■\\'hite bass. • Micropterus salmoides. 
White bass— Ohio Valley ....Ambloplites rupestris. 
White croppie '...Pomoxis annularis. 
White perch— Ohio River Pomoxis annxilaris. 
White perch— Georgia Pomoxis sparoides. 
nVhite salmon— Virginia Micropterus salmoides. 
White trout — Mississippi Micropterus salmoides. 
White trout— Ohio Valley Micropterus dolomieu. 
White-mouth sunfish Chaenobryttus gulosus. 
Yaw-mouth perch— Georgia Chaenobryttus gulosus. 
Yellow bass — Ohio Valley; Chautauqua Lake, N. Y., 
Micropterus dolomieu. 
Yellow bass— Ohio Valley Micropterus salmoides. 
Yellow-belly— Virginia; North Carolina Lepomis auritus. 
Yellow-belly— North Carolina Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Yellow bream Lepomis holbrooki. 
Yellow perch— Maine; Georgia ..Lepomis auritus. 
Yellow perch— Maine Eupomotis gibbosus. 
Yellow perch- Ohio Valley Micropterus dolomieu. 
Yellow pond perch Micropterus salmoides, 
S'ystcmatic List of the Basses and SonHshes, •with, the 
Common Names Applied to Each Species 
Sho-wn Thereunder.* 
1. Pomoxis sparoides (Lacepede). Strawberry Bass; 
Calico Bass: 
Bachelor, bank-lick bass, bar-fish, bitte'r-head, black cxappie, 
calico bass, calico bream, campbellite (?), chinquapin perch, 
crapet, crapet calicot, crappie, crappy, Dolly Varden, goggle-eye, 
goggle-eyed perch, grass bass, lake bass, lake crappie. Lake Erie 
bass, lamplighter, mill-pond flier, new light (?), Northern crappie, 
razor-back, roach, rock-fish, sac-a-lait. Sand perch, silver bass, 
silver .perch, speckled bass, speckled perch, spotted perch, spotted 
trout, straw bass, strawberry bass, strawberry perch, sun perch, 
tin-mouth, white perch, 
2. Pomoxis annularis Rafitiesque. Crappie: 
Bachelor, bachelor perch, bridge perch, calico bass (?), camp- 
bellite, chinquapin perch, crapet, crappie, crappy, goggle-eye, 
gold-ring, gold-ring pomoxis, John Demon, new light, pale crap- 
pie, paper-mouth, river crappie, sac-a-lait, shad, silver perch, 
Southern crappie, speckled perch, strawberry perch, suckley perch, 
timber croppie, tin-mouth, tin perch,' white crappie, -white perch. 
3. Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepede). Flier; Round 
Sunfish : 
Flier (or flyer), flying perch, large-finned bass, long-finned sun- 
fish, many-spined .sunfish. mill-pond perch, perch, round bass, 
round sunfish, sac-a-lait, shining bass, sunfish. 
4. Acantharchus pomotis (Baird). Mud Sunfish: 
Bass sunfish, mud bass, mud perch, mud sunfish. 
5. Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque). Rock Bass: 
Black sunfish, bream (brim), breme, bronzed centrarchus, 
crapet mondoux, crapet noir, crapet vert, croppie, fresh-water bass, 
goggle-eye, goggle-eyed bass, lake bass, red-eye. red-eyed bream, 
red-eyed perch, red-eyed sunfish, rock bass, sunfish, sunfish bass, 
sunfish 'river bass, sun perch, white bass. 
6. Archoplites interruptus (Girard). Sacramento 
Perch: 
Perch, Sacramento perch. 
7. Cheenobryttus gulosus (C^uvier & Valenciennes). 
Warmouth: 
Big-mouth, big-mouthed sun-fish, black sunfish, black warmouth, 
bream, buffalo bass, chub, goggle-eye, jug-inouth, more-mouth 
bream, niud chub, perch, perch-mouth bream, red-eye, red-eyed 
bream, sac-a-lait, sunfish, sun trOut, warm-mouth perch, war- 
mouth, warmouth bream, warmouth perch, w'de-mouthed sunfish, 
yaw-mouth perch. 
8. . Enneacanthus obesus (Baird) . ' 
Banded sunfish, little br^am, little sunfish. 
9. Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook). 
Bltie-spotted sunfish, little- sunfish. 
10. Mesogonistius chcetodon (Baird). Banded Sunfish; 
Banded sunfish, black-banded sunfish. 
IT. Apomotis .punctatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Chinquapin Perch: 
Bream (brim), chinquapin perch, spotted bream. 
12. Apomotis cyanellus (Rafinesque). Green Sunfish; 
Black-eyes, black-eye sunfish, blue-and-green sunfish, blue bass, 
bluefish, blue sunfish, bhie-spotted sunfish, bream (brim), buffalo 
sunfish, green sunfish, little red-eye; perch, pearch or peerch, red- 
eye, sunfish. 
-13. Apvmotis ischyrus- (Jordan & Nelson) : 
' Big-nosed sunfish. 
14. Lepomis auritus (Linnaeus) : 
Black-eared pond fish, bream (brim), flat fish, Sounder, fresh- 
Svater sunfish, goggle-eyed perch (?), kiver, leather-ear, leather- 
wing, long-eared sunfish, perch, pearch or peerch, quiver, red- 
belly, red-bellied bream, red-bellied perdi, red-bellied robin perch, 
red-breast, red-headed bream, red .perdi, _ red sunfish, red-tailed 
ibream, red-tailed pomotis, roach, robin, robin perch, sunfish, 
sun perch, yellow-belly, yellow perch. 
1$. Lepomis miniatus Jordan: 
Red perch. 
16. Lepomis megalotis (Rafinesque). Long-eared Sun- 
fish: - 
Big-ear sunfish, black-ears, black-tailed sunfish, bloody sunfish, 
bream (brim), brilliant sunfish, common sunfish-, eared sunfish, 
■ large-scaled sunfish, long-eared sunfish, perch, pearch, or peerch, 
red-bellied bream, red-belly, red-eyed sunfish, small green sunfish, 
sunfish, sun perch. 
ij. Lepomis humilis (Girard). Red-spotted Sunfish: 
Bream (brim), orange-spotted sunfish, perch, pearch or peerch, 
red-spotted sunfish, sunfish. 
18. Lepomis macrocJieirus Rafinesque; 
Bream (brim), chain-sided sunfish, chain-side, gilded sunfish, 
goldfish, perch, pearch or peerch, sunfish. 
19. Lepomis pallidus (Mitchell). Blue-gill; Blue Sun- 
fish ^ • 
• Black-eared pond-fish, blue bream, blue-gill (or blue-gills), bluc- 
gilled br-eam, blue joe. blue-mouthed sunfish, blue perch, blue 
sunfish, bream, (brim), copper-headed bream, copper-nosed bream, 
dollardee, perch, pearch, peerch, sunfish. 
20. Eupomotis gibbosus (Linnaeus). Pumpkin-seed; 
Tobacco-box : 
Bream (brim), chub robin (?), common sunfish, crapet jaune, 
female perch, flatfish, flounder, fresh-water perch, harlequin roacn, 
kiver, Northern pomotis, perch, pearch, peerch, pond perch, 
pumpkin-seed, quiver, red-belly, roach robin, robin-perch, ruff, 
sand perch, sun bass, sunfish, sunny, tobacco-box, yellow-belly, 
yellow perch, 
21. Eupomotis holbrooki (Cuvier & Valenciennes) : 
Yellow bream, shell-cracker. 
22. Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede). Large-mouthed 
Black Bass : 
Achigan, Achigan grande bouche, Achigan noir, bass, bayou 
bass, big-mouthed bass, big-mouthed black bass, big-mouthed 
trout, black bass of the Huron, black-Huron, bride perch, chub, 
common bass, cow bass, dotted painted-tail, fresh-water trout, 
grass bass, - gray bass", green bass, green perch, green trout, 
growler, Huron, jumper, lake bass. Lake Huron black bass, 
large-mouthed bass, large-mouthed black bass, marsh bass, mill- 
pond chub, moss bass, mud bass, Oswego bass, painted-tail, pale 
river-bass, perch, pond perch, river bass, rock bass, salmon-formed 
growler, slough bass, Southern chub, speckled hen, spotted bass, 
straw bass, striped bass, trout, Welshman, -white bass, white 
salmon, white trout, yellow bass, yellow pond perch. 
23. Micropterus dolomieu Lacepede. Small-mouthed 
Black Bass : 
Achigan, Achigan .noir, Achigan petite bouche, bass, bass hog- 
fish, black bass, black fresh-water bass, black perch, bronze-backer, 
brown bass, tjrown river bass, brown trout, dwarf bass, gold bass, 
green bass, green perch, green trout, hog bass, jumper, little bass, 
minny bass, mountain trout, obscure fresh-water bass, perch, red- 
eye, river bass, rock bass, small-mouthed bass, small-mouthed 
black bass, speckled hen, spotted bass, spotted river bass. 
Streaked-cheeks river bass, streaked-head, Swago, Swago bass, 
.Swego, Swego bass, trout, trout bass, trout perch, trout river- 
bass, white trout, yellow bass, yellow perch. 
•There are: eight or ten other 8pc<?ie8 of suisfish^s to which no 
COtomon names have been Sfivei^. 
The Lobster Situation. 
Boston, Sept. 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
convention of commissioners called in accordance with 
a resolve passed last winter by the Massachusetts Leg- 
islature with a view to securing uniform laws for pro- 
tection of lobsters, convened at the State House on 
Wednesday last, and the attendance must have been 
very gratifying to Captain Collins, who was chosen to 
preside. Dr. George W. Field was chosen secretary. 
Maine was represented by A. R. Nickerson, commis- 
sioner of sea and shore fisheries; New Hampshire by 
Commissioners Wentworth and Clark; Massachusetts 
by the three commissioners; Rhode Island by. President 
Henry T. Root, Vice-President J. M. K. Southwick, 
Secretary W. P. Morton and Messrs! C. W. Willard, 
W. H. Boardman and Deputy E. W. Kelly. Connecti- 
cut sent Chairman G. T. Mathewson and E. H. Greer, 
of the commission, also Messrs. F. W. Morgan and E. 
H. Potter, representing the "Fishermen's Association" 
of the State. From the Provinces carne Mr. R. N. 
Venning, assistant commissioner of fisheries at Ottawa, 
and Mr. A. C. Bertram, inspector of fisheries for the 
Island of Cape Breton. N. S. New York sent Fish 
(Commissioner B. Frank' Woods, and the Massachus- 
etts Fish and Game Protective Association was repre- 
sented by President Reed and the secretary. 
In opening the meeting Chairman Collins, on behalf 
of the State, extended a cordial welcome to all those 
in attendance and expressed profound satisfaction with 
the spirit which had prompted the delegates to attend. 
He said: "All that has been done so far by legal en- 
actment or otherwise has failed to stay the decadence 
in the supply of lobsters. We must decide whether to 
let present conditions continue or take such action as 
will perpetuate the industry by insuring proper pro- 
tection of the lobster." 
During the forenoon session of Wednesday Commis- 
sioner Root, of Rhode Island, spoke at length of the 
work of propagation in his State, and was accorded the 
closest attention by those present. _ 
Egg-bearing lobsters had been purchased "and im- 
pounded until ready to deposit their eggs. He an- 
nounced the opinion that their plan had solved the 
problem of the artificial propagation of lobsters. An 
essential part of the plan, he said,, was to keep the 
young ones- in constant tnotion to pf^-^ent the?^ from 
