APPENDIX. 
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KEY TO FIGURES. 
Fig. 1—Young striped bass—just hatched 80 hours from fertilization 
of egg. 
Fig. 2—Young striped bass at seventh day. 
Fig. 3—Young striped bass at thirteenth day. 
Abbreviations. O.G., oil globule. Yk. Sc., yolk-sac. Br., brain. 
Ht., heart. St., stomach. An., anus. Bid., bladder. 
The natural size of specimens is indicated by a line marked N.S. and 
all figures are magnified 15 diameters. 
A study of the specimens shows that the yolk-sac is not entirely 
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Plate 1. Young striped bass. 
Plate 2. Young striped bass. 
Plate 3. Young striped bass. 
absorbed until after the seventh day, and that the stomach is not well 
developed until about the thirteenth day. The young fry were kept for 
two weeks in the McDonald hatching jar by removing the siphon tubes 
and replacing the top with silk bolting cloth, allowing a small stream 
of water to flow on the cloth. 
