PISHES OF NEW YORK 269 



The only New York examples of lake trout were received from 

 James Ainiin jr, Caledonia, in the fall of 1896. They lived and 

 grew rapidly till the warm water killed them in June 1897. 

 They could not endure transfer lo salt water of a lower temper- 

 ature, as so many other trout will do, and nothing- else could be 

 utilized to tide them over till the completion of the refrigerating 

 plant. 



Owing to the extensive individual and race variation among 

 trout referred to this species, it seems desirable here to give 

 some notes and measurements made from individuals obtained 

 from New Hampshire and Vermont. Two lake trout weighing 

 about 4^ pounds each were shipped in a can only a few inches 

 longer than the fish, from Roxbury Yt. November 17, and, after 

 an express journey of 20 hours without an attendant, one of them 

 survived in good condition, while the other was nearly dead on 

 arrival and died within one hour. The latter was a female, and 

 appears to have injured itself severely by jumping in the can; it 

 was not in good condition when it left Vermont. 12 large brook 

 trout shipped with the lake trout in two cans arrived without 

 injury; these and the lake trout were presented by John W. Tit- 

 comb, Fish and Game Commissioner. 



Commissioner N. Wentworth of Hudson Center N. H. for- 

 warded the New Hampshire lake trout, one from Newfound 

 lake, the other from Lake Winnepesaukee. They were sent to 

 determine whether the trout of the two lakes, which the fisher- 

 men assert are different species, really are distinct. The com- 

 missioner wrote that " the Newfound trout has darker flesh, 

 more like the sea salmon. This is not caused by their food, as 

 both lakes are alive with smelt. The Winnepesaukee lake trout 

 are better biters; tons of them are caught through the ice 

 every winter. The Newfound trout are hardly ever caught 

 through the ice. A few were caught last winter for the first 

 time to my knowledge. I am sure there is but one variety of 

 lake trout in Newfound lake. We had one in our tanks this 

 fall that would weigh 25 pounds." The only differences to be 

 found on examination were such as relate to the depths at which 



