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chars, next to the Eastern Brook Trout. It occurs in Northern California, 

 west of the Cascade Range, is abundant throughout the Aleutian Islands, 

 and northward to Colville River in Alaska, and has been found at Behring 

 Island by Stejreger, and at Plover Bay, Siberia, by Bean. 



It is known as the "Lake Trout," " Bull Trout," " Speckled Trout," 

 and " Red-spotted Trout." In the ocean, where it is found in large 

 numbers, it is the " Salmon Trout." In the Sacramento Valley the ridicu- 

 lous and inappropriate name "Dolly Varden," is still retained. In 

 Siberia it was formerly known as the " Malma " or "Golet." The 

 Indian name " Chewagh " is ascribed to it in British Columbia. In size 

 this species reaches a weight of fourteen pounds. The largest seen by 

 Jordan weighed twelve pounds, a weight which is not uncommon in the 

 ocean. " In the lakes," writes Jordan, " it averages smaller, and in the 

 mountain streams it breeds at a length of six or eight inches. In all these 

 peculiarities it agrees with its near relative, the common Brook Trout of 

 the Atlantic coast. It ranges from the upper waters of the Sacramento to 

 Kamtchatka on the west side of the Rocky Mountain chain, and for the 

 most part in and west of the Cascade range. From Puget Sound north- 

 ward it is generally abundant. It feeds voraciously in the salt water on 

 smelt of various sorts, young Trout, sand lances, shrimps, anchovies, 

 herrings and even sticklebacks. In fresh water it probably eats what- 

 ever living thing it can get. Nothing is certainly known of their breed- 

 ing habits. They probably spawn late in the fall in' the river, and there- 

 fore those Avhich are in the sea must be to some extent migratory. They 

 are taken in Frazer River at the time of the eulachon run, but they proba- 

 bly then ascend the river to feed upon the eulachon, and not for spawn- 

 ing purposes. As a food-fish this beautiful species ranks high." 



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THE GREENLAND TKOUT. 



Bean adds that this Trout reaches its greatest size nortliward : it is 



