CONTENTS. 



Page. 



EEPORT 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 IX 1871 AND 1872. By James W. Milner. (Table of contents 



on p. 77) 1 



IT. Miscellaneous notes and correspondence relative to the white- 

 fish 79 



A. The wbite-fisb of the great lakes 79 



1. Lake Superior 79 



2. Lakes Erie and Ontario *:^0 



B. The white-iish of Eastern Maine and New Brunswick. By Charles Lan- 



man 84 



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



Milner 86 



1. Argyrosomus hoyi Gill. Cisco of Lake Michigan 86 



2. Argyrosomus nigripinnis G\]l, 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 proteus Pallas ; hump-backed salmon 97 



3. Salmo cooperi Suckley ; Cooper's salmon 99 



4. Salmo dermatinus Rich 100 



5. Salmo consuei us Rich 101 



6. Salmo canis Suckley ; dog-salmon 101 



7. Salmo salar luinn. ; common salmon 104 



8. Salmo quinnatJlich.; quinuat or Sacramento salmon 105 



9. Salmo con flnenf us Suckley; Towalt salmon 109 



10. Salmo aurora Gir 110 



11. Salmo argyreus Gir 110 



12. Salmo paucidens Jiloh. ; weak-toothed salmon Ill 



13. Salmo tsuppitcWRich.. ; white salmon Ill 



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



15. Salmo immaculatus Storer ; the unspotted salmon 1 13 



16. Salmo gairdneri Rich. ; Gairdner's salmon ' 114 



17. Salmo truncatus Suckley ; square-tailed salmon 115 



18. Salmo richardi Sucklej ; suk-kegh 117 



19. Salmo camphelli Suckley ; Pacific red-spotted salmou-trout 1 18 



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



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



22. Salmo hearnii Rioh.; Coppermine River salmon 121 



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



