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than to the base of caudal, and the length of its base is one-half the length of the 

 head ; the adipose dorsal is distant from end of first dorsal a space equal to twice 

 the length of the ventral ; the anal is at a distance from the snout equal to about 

 three times the length of the head ; the longest anal ray is equal to the length of 

 the upper jaw ; the length of the middle caudal rays is equal to twice the diameter 

 of the eye. The ventral is situated midway between the tip of the snout and caudal 

 base; its length equals one-half the length of the head. The length of the pectoral 

 is about twice the width of the interorbital area. B. 10 ; D. iv, 9; A. Hi, 8 ; P. 13; 

 V. 9. Scales, 35-210-40; gill rakers, 6-|-io-i2. The peculiarity of the gill rakers of 

 this trout is that they are always curled up at the ends and not straight, as in the 

 oquassa from Maine. 



Colors. Sides silvery white. Back with about six well-defined band-like mark- 

 ings, besides some irregular dark blotches. There are about 10 parr marks on the 

 sides and numerous small, roundish, white spots. In colors this char is different 

 from the oquassa from Maine, but, if fresh specimens of the Maine trout were 

 compared with this young fish, the difference in color might not be so great. 



The specimen described is a young male with the spermaries showing as a mere 

 slight ribbon. Its stomach contained an earthworm and the wing cases of a squash 

 beetle. The other two specimens (somewhat smaller) are females far from maturity. 



In a female, 1 1 inches in total length, both parr marks and bands across the back 

 show very plainly. This female has a few free eggs in the abdominal cavity and 

 seems to be nearly spent. In examples of this size the tail is deeply forked, the 

 middle rays being less than one-half as long as the external rays. 



In males the pectoral is always longer than in females of equal size. 



The following color notes were taken from Nos. 38,321 to 38,328, collected by Col. 

 Hodge in Sunapee Lake, December 10, 1886. Head and upper parts brownish gray, 

 caudal the same, with the exception of a narrow white margin on the lower lobe ; 

 under surface of head, in most examples, brownish gray, in others whitish ; belly 

 orange, this color extending up on the sides but not to the middle line of the body ; 

 anal orange, with white margin in front ; ventrals orange, with broad white margin 

 on the outer rays; pectorals, gray upper half and orange lower half; dorsal gray, 

 lighter along the base; sides, both above and below lateral line, with numerous 

 orange spots, fading out to whitish. The largest of these spots are little more than 

 one-third as long as the iris. No mottlings anywhere. 



The Golden Trout is a native of Sunapee Lake and Dan Hole Pond, in New 

 Hampshire, and of Flood's Pond, in Maine. Doubtless it exists in other lakes of 

 New England and British North America. 



