120 



has a " narrow, median band of teeth," which, however, are "sometimes 

 lost," hut in the common Brook Trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis) the hyoid 

 teeth are wanting. The following is a copy of Jordan & Gilbert's 

 specific desrription of 6". Oqiiassa : 



" Body elongate, considerably compressed, less elevated than in 

 the other species of this genus, the dorsal outline regularly but not 

 strongly curved. Head quite small, the maxillary short and moderately 

 broad, scarcely extending to the posterior margin of the eye. Eye 

 large, 3^ in head. Jaws about equal. Scales small, those along the 

 lateral line somewhat enlarged. Pectoral and ventral fins not elongate; 

 opercles without concentric stiite. Coloration dark blue, the red spots 

 small and round, much smaller than the pupil, usually confined to the 

 sides of the body ; sides with traces of dark bars ; lower fins variegated, 

 as in 6". fontinalis. Head, 5 ; depth, 5. D. 10; A. 9. Lat. 1. 230 ; 

 gillrakers about 6 + 1 1. Length, 12 inches. Smallest and handsomest 

 of our trout, as yet known only from the Rangeley Lakes in Western 

 Maine." — J. F. Whiteaves. 



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EDITORL^L NOTES. 



Winter Soirees. — The first meeting of the Winter Course will 

 be held early in December in the Normal School Lecture Room when 

 Dr. George M. Dawson, C.M.G., F. R.S., &c., will deliver his Presiden- 

 tial address. The full programme for the Course of Winter lectures 

 will be given in our December issue. 



Creating a Stir. — A great coming event is the publication of a 

 wonderful almanac to be called the Star Almanac, published by the 

 Montreal Star, V. is said to be a marvellous work, lour hundred pages, 

 with coloured maps. 



Toronto "Saturday Night's" Xmas Number, 1892. — Another 

 literary treat is promised in the Christmas number of Saturday Night. 

 The Newsdealer, Publisher and Stationer's Bulletin, the Canadian cor- 

 resi)ondent of which has seen advance copies of all that is promised, 

 says that " It will ooubtless be the most beautiful publication ever 

 a tempted in Arnerica and compares more than favourably with Figaro 

 and the most expensive Old Country Christmas numbers." 



