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numbers, and in many cases caused their total destruction. I have seen some from 

 Oneida Lake weighing 10 and 15 pounds. * * * They are occasionally found in 

 Lake Ontario during the whole year ; but, as the same instinct which compels them 

 to ascend rivers also leads them again to the sea, and as there is no barrier 

 opposed to their return, we may presume that these are sickly or possibly barren 

 individuals. 



Experiments for restocking the Hudson are now in progress, and it is probable 

 that the river may again become a Salmon stream. 



59. Landlocked Salmon (Salmo sebago Girard). (Introduced.) 



Sal mo sebago GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 380, 1853, Sebago Lake, Maine. 

 Salmo salar var. sebago JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 312, 1883. 

 Salmo salar sebago JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 487, 1896 ; BEAN, 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 344, 1897. 



There are at least two well marked races of Salar Salmon which do not enter the 

 sea but live permanently in fresh water. Both of these differ from the migratory 

 Salmon in several particulars : they are smaller, their eggs are larger, they retain the 

 parr marks much longer, they are more subject to disease attending the egg-pro- 

 ducing season, and the young grow more rapidly. The Ouananiche of the Saguenay 

 River country is the farthest removed from the typical Sea Salmon by its very 

 much smaller size, larger fins and different pattern of coloration. 



The larger of the two Landlocked Salmon of the United States is found in the 

 four river basins of the State of Maine, the Presumpscot, Sebec, Union and St. 

 Croix. Here the weights vary considerably, spawning fish ranging all the way from 

 3 pounds to 10 or 12 pounds, while occasional individuals reach 25 pounds. The 

 Sebago form is the one that has been introduced into the Adirondack lakes and 

 other New York waters. Spawning begins late in October, but is at its height in 

 November. Eggs are shipped in January, February and March, and the fry are 

 ready for planting in June. 



At Green Lake, Me., the Landlocked Salmon often endure a summer tempera- 

 ture above 80 F., but they refuse to take food when the water reaches 75. 



This Salmon has been introduced into New York waters from Maine, and 

 appears to have become established in several localities. Caspian Lake is one of 

 the lakes that have been stocked. A very fine example was obtained from the 

 South Side Sportsmen's Club of Long Island, but it was injured in transportation 

 and never recovered. In April, 1896, several individuals from Maine were presented 

 by Eugene G. Blackford. One of these lived in a tank of salt water in the New 



