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Identifier: annualreport891901021newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ruary and March this fish frequents the mouths of small streams, andin summer it seeks shady places under high banks or projecting rocks. Thespecies is gregarious, going in large schools It thrives where there is not muchcurrent and is very well adapted for culture in artificial ponds. It is as commonin lakes and ponds as in the streams. Sluggish, pure dark water suits it best. The fishing season begins in June and lasts till the approach of cold weather.The rock bass feeds on worms, crustaceans and larvae of insects early in theseason; later its food consists of minnows and crawfish. The young feed oninsects and their larvae. The spawning season is May and June, and gravellyshoals are resorted to for depositing the eggs. The rock bass bites very freely and is a fair game fish and excellent for thetable. It fights vigorously, but its endurance is not great. Suitable baits arewhite grubs, crickets, grasshoppers, crawfish and small minnows. Common earth-worms are also successfully used.
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CO o> CO < 00Q Hote5 on Adirondack inanimate Witl) Special Reference to tl)e Fctr-^earers. By Madison Grant.* THE Adirondacks occupy a somewhat unique position in relation to thefaunal areas of North America and, being located at the meeting pointof two of these life zones, contain an exceptionally varied group ofanimals. The earliest account of the zoology of this region is found in theDescription of New Netherlands by Arnoldus Montanus, 1691, which containssome rather startling information and is worth quoting in full, as follows: Lions, whose skins the Indians bring to market, are caught on a highmountain, situated fifteen days journey to the southwest. Here also are manypitch black bears, shy of men, but which when attacked, spring on the hunters;they first stop the wound with a pledget of leaves, and if the hunter, meanwhiletake refuge in a tree, climb after and above him, then stick their head betweentheir legs and fall downward. They sleep during winter, lying six weeks o

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