THE SMELTS 
295 
Unpublished, observations of Charles G. Atkins at Sidney, Me. — Messalonskee Lake — Continued 
Date 
Hour 
Locality 
Temper 
° I 
Water 
ature, 
Air 
Remarks 
1875* 
7 a. m 
Taylors Veranda 
33 
Hazy; partly cloudy; southeast light breeze. 
Do 
Spring near Cooper’s shop 
40. 5 
Do 
Open brook, same place _ _ 
33 
Do 
Spring in swamp 
44 
Do 
Brook in woods 
37 
Hazy and mostly cloudy. 
Do 
do 
Spring at head of brook 
41 
Do 
9 p. m 
Tilson Stream. 
39 
Cloudy; wind southeast. 
Apr. 16 
do 
do 
38 
40 
Apr. 17.__ 
38 
30 
in afternoon; cleared 10 p. m., colder with north- 
west wind. 
9 a. m 
Brook in woods 
34. 5 
6 p. m 
_do 
36. 5 
31 
8 a. m 
_do _ _ 
33. 5 
35 
Snow squall. 
Do 
1 p. m 
Mouth Tilson Brook 
40. 5 
40 
Do 
3 p. m 
do __ 
40 
Do 
5 p. m 
do 
32 
Do 
10 p. m 
do 
34. 5 
25 
Apr. 20 
4 a. m 
34 
18.5 
noon. 
Do 
10 a. m 
Brook in woods 
34 
28 
Do ... 
11 a. m 
_do 
34 
Do 
36 
Do 
6 p. m 
Brook in woods 
33 
Do 
9 p. m 
do 
17 
Apr. 21 
6 a. m 
do 
13 
Do 
7 a. m 
do 
14. 5 
Do 
8 a. m 
do 
33 
Do 
do 
Spring 
41 
Do 
1 p. m 
do 
30 
Do 
3. 30 p. m 
36 
33 
Do 
4. 30 p. m 
with snow water. 
43 
Do 
6p.m 
do 
25 
Apr. 22 
7 a. m 
do 
29 
Wind northwest; clear. 
Do 
40 
35 
Apr. 23 
7 a. m 
do 
35 
Apr. 26 
1 p. m 
Eldreds Brook. 
40 
40 
Cold, blustering wind. 
Apr. 27 
2 a. m 
Brook near Cooper’s shop 
33. 5 
Cold night; froze, light northwest wind. 
Do 
do 
38. 5 
Do 
8 a. m 
__ _do 
38 
Do 
1 p. m 
do 
51 
Do 
2 p. m 
do 
46 
Do 
do 
41 
Do 
3 p. m 
43 
Apr. 28 
6 a. m 
33 
32 
Ice on pond still firm. 
Do 
1 p. m 
54 
Do 
45. 5 
Do 
....-do 
Spring in swamp 
44 
Do 
do 
Brook in woods. 
48 
Apr. 29 
7 a. m 
Brook at Cooper’s shop 
35 
Do 
1 p. m 
59 
Do 
5. 30 p. m 
33.5 
30 
May 6 
10. 30 a. m 
45 
Notes on breeding season of fresh-water smelt 
Locality 
Season 
Authority and remarks 
New Brunswick 
A. Leith Adams, 1873. 
W. C. Adams, 1917. 
W. C. Adams, 1921. 
Commissioner of New Hamp- 
shire, 1870. 
Cheney, 1896. 
Kendall (notes, 1910). 
Mead, 1883. 
Mead, 1885. 
Mead, 1887. 
Onota Lake, Mass 
Do 
Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H. 
Sunapee Lake, N. H_ 
As soon as the ice leaves, about the last of April 
Do 
Long Pond 
Sebago region, Me. _ 
Do 
Do 
May 27, small form 
