FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



New England brook trout (fontinalis), when living 

 in the lower portion of the fresh water streams 

 that flow into the estuaries of the Atlantic, also 

 seek temporary homes in the salt water, where they 

 increase rapidly in weight, and lose, somewhat, 

 the velvety glow of their skins, and their red spots 

 become indistinct or entirely disappear. 



The species known as the "sea trout" is ana- 

 tomically identical with fontinalis, but passes the 

 greater period of its life in the ocean or its 

 estuaries, very often becoming nearly bright silver 

 in coloration. In Massachusetts these fish are called 

 " salters," under which name they are treated at 

 length in another chapter. 



Two species of salmons (the ouananiche and 

 Sebago forms) are landlocked, that is, do not descend 

 to the sea after spawning or at any other time. 

 The first named of these is more generally known 

 as the "winninish" or " wannanish," and is, with- 

 out doubt, the most game, for its size, of the fishes 

 belonging to the salmon family; it reaches a maxi- 

 mum weight of eight pounds, with an average of 

 two and one-half pounds. There are no structural 

 difi^erences between the ouananiche of the Lake 

 St. John section and the landlocked salmon of 

 other waters, except in size, the latter growing to 

 a weight of twenty-five to thirty pounds. Under 



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