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17. Apr. 16, 1887. Acc. Cat.^[[No.]] 39073. U.S.F.^[[ish]] C^[[ommission]] ^[[left margin checkmark]] Hybrid trout from Wytheville, Va., resulting fertilizing eggs of [[underlined]] Salmo irideus [[/underlined]] with milt of [[underlined]] Salvelinus fontivalis [[/underlined]]. A beautiful fish strongly resembling a similar cross between [[underlined]] Salmo fario [[/underlined]] & [[underlined]] Salvelinus alpinus [[/underlined]] in Norway. Apr. 21, Acc. 18965. Cat. ^[[No.]] 39074. U.S.F^[[ish]] C^[[ommission]], Washington, D.C. ^[[left margin checkmark]] One fresh [[underlined]] Salmo purpuratus [[/underlined]], which was received at the Armory in December, 1885 from Colorado. It was kept at the Armory two months when it was sent to Wytheville, where it remained until April 1, 1887. Sent to Armory. Died Apr. 21st. May 4, 1887. Acc. 19026. Cat. ^[[No.]] 39140. W. E. Safford, ^[[Ensign,]] U.S. [[strikethrough]] Navy [[/strikethrough]] St^[[eamer]] "Mohican". ^[[left margin checkmark]] 7 bottled & 9 vials of fishes from the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans & from Montevideo, Uruguay, S. America.