BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 35 
chen, Germany, the U. S. Fish Commission is indebted for several con- 
signments of eggs of the brown trout ( Salmofario ) and saibling ( Salmo 
salvelinus). The number received, their condition as reported on ar- 
rival, and the assignments made of the eggs are given below : 
From Deutscher Fischerei- 
Verein in exchange. 
From Herr Max von dem 
Borne, Berneuchen. 
Summary. 
Brown trout. 
Saibling. 
Brown trout. 
Saibling. 
Brown trout. 
Saibling. 
50, 000 
tl3, 000 
20, 000 
t5, 000 
8, 000 
14, 500 
20, 000 
t8, 000 
*37, 000 
{22, 500 
*15, 000 
{12, 000 
37, 000 
15, 000 
22, 500 
12, 000 
59, 500 
27, 000 
* Von Behr. t Loss. { Von dem Borne. 
Which were distributed as follows: 
Brown trout. 
Saibling. 
Pennsylvania, fish commissi nn 
10, 000 
10, 000 
20, 000 
9, 500 
5, 000 
5, 000 
Wvtheville. Va 
F. N. Clark, North ville, Mich 
Cnlrl Spring TT arbor, N. V 
15, 000 
9, 000 
3, 000 
E. B. Hodge, Plymouth, N. H 
Central station, Washington, T). C 
Total _ _ . 
59, 500 
27, 000 
Of the last shipment of 50,000 brown trout eggs forwarded by Yon 
dem Borne 30,000 were dead on arrival, and the balance will probably 
prove a total loss. [M. McDonald, April 28, 1887.] 
Destructive sturgeon fishing by Chinese in California.— 
Mr. R. H. Buckingham, president of the California fish commission, 
ip a letter to Professor Baird from Sacramento, February 12, 1887, 
speaks of sending a sample of Chinese sturgeon-hooks which were 
taken from a line 2,000 feet long, having 8,000 hooks attached. These 
lines were fished by the Chinese in San Pablo Bay, some 20 miles north 
of San Francisco. This apparatus uses no bait, but is one of the most 
destructive methods known to catch sturgeon, taking all sizes from 1 
pound up. 
Striped bass in New York Bay and the Hudson River. — Mr. 
Philip Neidlinger, writing from New York City on March 21, 1887, 
stated that about May 1, 1885, while walking along the North River 
from 86th street to about 140th street, he noticed many small striped 
bass ( Boccus lineatus ), from 3 to 5 inches long, which were being caught 
with hook and line. In autumn he saw a very few taken, running from 
£ to 2 pounds, while small quantities were taken and disposed of in the 
markets of the city. In the fall of 1886, he took several weighing from 
£ to 1£ pounds, and heard of them as being abundant in New York 
Bay and up the river as far as Tarry town. He remembers seeing a few 
years ago striped bass in market weighing 92 pounds, but now one of 
