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it in the upper portions of Lake Michigan, to 

 which it has found its way from the Mississippi 

 Valley, where it is very abundant. 



In the brackish waters of the more southern of 

 the New England States, a species may be found 

 which is known as the hickory shad, tailor herring, 

 fall herring, or mattowacca, technically classed as 

 Pomolobus mediocris, " mediocre." Its name implies 

 its value, for it is indifferently coarse in flesh, and 

 does not ascend rivers to spawn. 



The most numerous of all the herrings that 

 ascend the fresh waters of New England for spawn- 

 ing purposes, are known locally in various sections 

 as alewife, branch herring, gaspereau, wall-eyed her- 

 ring, big-eyed herring, ellwife, and technically as 

 Pomolobus pseudoharengus, from the Greek, " false," 

 and harengus, " herring." These fish are very abun- 

 dant, entering fresh-water streams to spawn, and are 

 landlocked in Lake Ontario, where great numbers 

 sometimes die in early summer. They may be 

 distinguished by their large eye, high fin on the 

 back (a little higher than long), the indistinct dark 

 stripes along the rows of scales, a blackish spot be- 

 hind the gill-cover, and by their coloration, which is 

 bluish above and silvery on the sides. 



The glut herring (Pomolobus aestivalis •, "of the 

 summer") is also known as the blue-back, black- 

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