CONTENTS. 



Page. 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. (Table of contents precedes report) .... i 



APPENDIX A.— THE FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES, AND THE SPE- 

 CIES OF COREGONUS OR WHITE-FISH ciii 



I. Report on the fisheries of the great lakes ; the result of inquiries 

 PROSECUTED IN 1871 AND 1872. By Jaiues W. Milner. (Table- of contents 



on p. 77) - 1 



II. Miscellaneous notes and correspondence relative to the white- 

 fish 79 



A. The white-fish of the great lalies 79 



1. Lake Superior 79 



2. Lakes Erie and Ontario HO 



B. The whlte-lish of Eastern Maine and New Brunswick. B^^ Charles Lau- 



nian 84 



C. Descriptions of new species of coregonus and argyrosomus. By Jaiues W. 



Milner 8G 



1. Argijrosomus hoyi Gill. Cisco of Lake Michigan 8G 



2. Argyrosomus nigripiunis Gill. Black-fin 87 



Coregonus conesii 88 



APPENDIX B.— THE SALMON AND THE TROUT, (species of Salmo) 89 



III. On the North American species of salmon and trout. By George 



Suckley, surgeon, United States Army, (written in 1861) 91 



Introductory note 91 



Tabulated list of species 92 



1. Salmo scouleri Rich. ; hook-nosed salmon 94 



2. Salmo ]}rotcus Pallas ; h nmp-backed salmon 97 



3. Salmo cooperi Sucklej' ; Cooper's salmon 99 



4. Salmo dermaUnns Rich 100 



5. Salmo consuetus Rich 101 



6. Salmo cams Suckley ; dog-salmon 101 



7. Salmo sa/flr Linn. ; common salmon 104 



8. Salmo qui nn at Hich..; quinnat or Sacramento salmon 105 



9. Salmo coiiflucntus Suckley ; Towalt salmon 109 



10. Salmo aurora Giv .• 110 



11. Salmo argyrcus Gir 110 



12. Salmo paucideiis Rich. ; weak-toothed salmon Ill 



13. Salmo tsuppiteh Rich. ; white salmon Ill 



14. Salmo clarkii Rich. ; Clark's salmon 112 



15. Salmo munaculatus &tovev; the unspotted salmon 113 



16. Salmo gairdncri Hich. I Gairdner's salmon 114 



17. Salmo trunoat us Suckley; square-tailed salmon. 115 



18. Salmo richardi Suckley ; suk-kegh 117 



19. Salmo camphelll SncVilej ; Pacific red-spotted salmon-trout IIB 



20. Salmo hudsonicus Suckley ; Hudson's Bay trout 119 



21. Salmo rosnii Rich. ; Ross' Arctic salmon 120 



22. Salmo hparnHRlch.; Coppermine River salmon 121 



23. Salmo alipes Rich.. ; long-finned char 121 



