1856.] 219 



Specimens were collected at Cape Flattery, W. T., by Lt. W. P. Trowbridge, 

 U. S. A., and at Fort Steilacoom, Puget Sound, W. T., by Dr. Geo. Suckley, 

 U. S. A. o , , J J, 



4. Fario gairdneri, Grd. Salmo gairdnerii, Rich. Faun. Bor. Amer. iii, 1836, 

 221. DeKay, New York, Fauna iii, 1843, 243. Storer, Synops. 1846, 196. 

 Body fusiform in profile, very compressed ; head comprised four times in the 

 length, the caudal fin excluded. Upper jaw longest. Maxillary curved, extend- 

 ing to a vertical line intersecting the posterior rim of the orbit. Anterior 

 margin of dorsal fin equidistant between the extremity of the snout and the 

 base of the caudal. Caudal fin furcated. Back silvery grey ; sides silvery, 

 and belly yellowish or whitish. Body obsoletely spotted with black; similar, 

 but more distinct, spots on the dorsal and caudal fins. 



A purplish red tint is sometimes apparent over the middle of the flanks. 

 A specimen collected in Klamath River, 0. T., by Dr. John S. Newberry, under 

 Lt. W. R. Williamson, Top. Eng. 



5. Fario clarkii, Grd. Salmo clarhii, Rich. Faun. Bor. Amer. iii, 1836, 224 

 Storer, Synops. 1846, 197. 



Body fusiform ; head well developed, forming the fifth of the total length. 

 Maxillary slightly bent, extending to a vertical line drawn inwardly to the pos- 

 terior rim of the orbit. Jaws equal. Anterior margin of dorsal fin a little 

 nearer the extremity of the snout than the insertion of the caudal fin. Back 

 bluish grey ; upper surface of head blackish grey ; sides silvery grey ; fins ash 

 grey ; dorsal and caudal spotted. Upper regions of head and body studded with 

 irregular black spots or specks. 



Specimens collected at Fort Dallas, Columbia River, by Dr. Geo. Suckley, 

 under Gov. I. I. Stevens. 



6. Fario stellatus, Grd. Common trout of the settlers. Opkalloo, Wasco 

 Indians, 



Body elongated and fusiform ; head well developed, contained four times and 

 three-quarters in the total length ; jaws equal ; maxillary gently curved, reaching 

 a vertical line drawn posteriorly to the orbit. Anterior margin or dorsal fin a 

 little nearer to the snout than the insertion of caudal fin. Back light olive ; 

 belly light yellowish white. Head, body and fins profusely spotted with black, 

 giving it a very peculiar aspect, easily recognised amongst all the other 

 species of the same genus. 



Specimens were collected at Fort Steilacoom by Dr. Geo. Suckley, U. S. A.; 

 at Schoalwater Bay, W. T. by Dr. J. G. Cooper ; at Cape Flattery, W. T., 

 Astoria and Humboldt Bay by Lt. W. P. Trowbridge, and in Des Chutes River, 

 0. T., by Dr. John S. Newberry under Lt. Williamson. 



Genus Salar, Valenc. 



Gen. Char. All the characters of the Salmons, but differing from them as 

 well as from the genus Fario in being provided with a double row of teeth upon 

 the shaft of the vomer, and none on the front of that same bone. 



Syn. Salar, Valeno. Hist. Nat. des Poiss. xxi, 1848, 314. 



1. Salar lewisi, Grd. Body rather thickish upon its middle region ; head 

 moderate, constituting a little less than the fifth of the total length. Lower 

 jaw longest. Maxillary gently curved, its posterior extremity reaching a verti- 

 cal line drawn immediately behind the orbit. Anterior margin of dorsal fin a 

 little nearer the extremity of the snout than the base of the caudal fin. Ground 

 color of the upper region bluish grey, of the inferior region yellow or orange. 

 The back, peduncle of tail, dorsal, adipose, and caudal fins, spotted with black. 

 The belly and lower fins are unicolor, a deep orange hue existing along the rays 

 and also in the shape of a dot upon the abdominal scales, and which disappears 

 by long standing in alcohol. 



This is the trout alluded to in Lewis and Clarke's " Travels." They " caught 

 (at the Falls of the Missouri) half a dozen trout from sixteen to twenty-three 



