SEA TROUT. 47 
look ; the Salt "Water Trout, with a small, sleepy head, 
a deep body, and a rich coloring, small fins and red 
flesh ; the Brook Trout, long, narrow, brightly marked, 
gracefully shaped and lively ; and a trout which has 
appeared in a new pond, scarcely yet completed, with a 
dark, strong coloring, very black on the back, a thick, 
stout body, and a well proportioned head. Any one can 
distinguish these fish at a glance, but must they each 
have a different name, and a Latin one at that ? 
The fresh run sea trout of the North have beautiful 
silver sides, almost as bright as a salmon's, and in this 
particular, at least, differ from the salt water loving 
trout of Long Island and Cape Cod. Their heads are 
small, delicate, and exquisitely shaped, and their lower 
fins are small and almost transparent. The heads of the 
males are larger, and the lower jaw more hooked than 
those of the female, and these differences increase as the 
spawning season advances. The head of the female 
bears a comparison to that of a modest, refined lady, 
while that of the male resembles the big head and ugly 
jaw of the struggling, quarrelling, but protecting man. 
At times their flesh is a bright red, often a dull yellow, 
and rarely whitish. The shape of their bodies is grace- 
ful and broad across the back, to a greater degree in 
both particulars than the sea run trout of Long Island 
and Massachusetts. But as they ascend the rivers, and 
after they have been some time in their new abode, these 
peculiarities diminish, the color of their backs turns from 
a beautiful green to a dull black, the splendor of their 
silvery sides fades, and the heavy spots and roseate tinge 
appear ; their translucent fins grow opaque and strong 
