ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE GREAT LAKE TROUT (SALVELI- 

 NUS NAMAYCUSH) IN THE WATERS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 



BY DAVID S. JORDAN. 



1 have lately received from my friend, Mr. Ashdowu H. Green, of 

 Victoria, British Columbia, the heads and fins of two large specimens 

 of the Great Lake Trout [Salvelinus namaycush Walbaum). One of 

 these specimens has been sent to the U. S. National Museum, where it 

 is numbered 39343, the other is in the collection of the Indiana Uni- 

 versity. The specimens are not evidently different from the ordinary 

 Lake Trout. They are very dark in color, the gray spots on tbe tail 

 are very distinct, and the caudal fin is rather more deeply forked than 

 usual in specimens so large. The following is from Mr. Green's letter 

 in regard to them: 



" The trout came from Cauim Lake, about 20 miles east of the hundred- 

 mile post on the Caribou wagon road. The same fish is, I am informed, 

 found in Lac la Hache on the wagon road and perhaps in most of the 

 large lakes of British Columbia. My attention was first called to it by 

 hearing of a forked-tail Trout very different from 8. purpuratus or 8. 

 malma. The forked tail decided me to send an Indian to Cauim Lake 

 for specimens. He brought me two, but had unfortunately cleaned them 

 so that I was unable to examine or to preserve the stomach and append- 

 ages. Having no means of preserving such large fish I pressed my 

 bean-pot and all my whisky into the service and brought the heads to 

 Victoria. The fish were in good condition, and nearly black, though very 

 much spotted with light gray." These specimens considerably extend 

 the range of Salcelinus namaycush. The authentic record farthest west- 

 ward is that of its occurrence in lakes on the northern boundary of Mon- 

 tana, tributary to the Upper Missouri. It occurs, however, in the waters 

 of Alaska. 



Mr. Green also reports the capture of Salcelinus malma east of the 

 Kockj- Mountains in the South Saskatchawau. 



He also mentions the capture of a basket-full of Capelius (Mallotus 

 villosus) at Victoria. This species has never before been noticed so far 

 south in the Pacific. It is new to the fishermen of Victoria. 



Indiana University, Xocember 29, 1887. 



(Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XI, 1688.) 

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