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thus giving it a sliort appearance. The peduncle of the tail is wide 

 for the depth of the body, and the caudal itself is somewhat short 

 and narrow. Head long, but not deep. Dorsal and caudal fins freely 

 spotted with oval black spots. Body marked with small stellate and 

 irregular dark spots, their number and size varying greatly in dif- 

 ferent individuals. There are usually two rows of teeth on the 

 vomer. The head is contained nearly live times in the total length, 

 which rarely exceeds 18 or 20 inches. 



Obtained from the waters of Puget Sound and the streams in that 

 vicinity. 



44. Salmo bairdii. 



Salmo bairdii, Suckley, Ann, Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, 1861, vii. 

 p. 309. 



Snout having a deep notch between the extremities of the pre- 

 maxUlaries, receiving a conical fleshy protuberance projecting up- 

 wards from the chin. Teeth strong, hooked, and very uniform in 

 size, from two to four on the front of the vomer, none on its shaft 

 [in one of the specimens examined, a single accidental small tooth 

 was found on the shaft of this bone ; in the other, none]. Tail broad, 

 and but moderately lunated. Scales small. Anterior rays of the 

 pectorals, ventrals, and anal broad, and the skin of them yellowish 

 red, being coloured differently from the rest of the fin, as in 8. fon- 

 tincdis. Attains a weight of ten or twelve pounds. 



Clarke's Fork of the Columbia, and its tributaries. 



45. Salmo parkii. 



Salmo parkei, Siwkley, Ann. Lye. Nat, Hist. N. York, 1861, vii. 

 p. 309. 



Head contained about four and a half times in the total length ; 

 its top flat ; muzzle pointed. Tail forked, unspotted. Back dark 

 green, spotted with lighter green ; sides spotted with red. Scales 

 atUierent and about the size of those of S. bairdii. A disposition 

 towards the formation of a fleshy "tit" projecting upwards at the 

 point of lower jaws, with a corresponding notch between the pre- 

 niaxiLlaries. The maxillary reaches to a point considerably behind 

 the eye. Branchiostegals 13-14. The anterior rays of the lower fins 

 are covered with a differently coloured skin from that of the rest of 

 the fin, as in ;S'. fontinalis and S. bairdii. Two teeth on the outer 

 extremity of the vomer, behind which from one to three on the shaft. 



Kootenay River, Rocky Mountains. 



46. Salmo richardi. 



Salmo ricliardii, Suckley, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. York, 1861, vii. 

 p. 311. 



Female. Head conical ; jaws apparently equal, the thick fleshy 

 tip on the point of the lower jaw of the fresh-run fish aiding much to 

 give this appearance. The maxillary extends back to a point imme- 

 diately below tlie posterior margin of the orbit. Teeth small, and 



