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be distingnisliocl from tlic youiiji' of any otlicr salmon and trout on the 

 Atlantic slope, by its strongly-markoil black si)ots and coarse scales. 

 The adult male in the collection was ID induvs long-. The younji' of this 

 tish was described as a distinct species, by Mv. (Urard, in 18,")t, and 

 named the Salnio f/lorcri. Upon comi)aring' the types of both, their 

 manifest identity is so apparent, that I have not the least hesitation in 

 makiny,- iS'. (jlorcri a mere synonym of Stdnio ficlxttjo, Gvd. Tliree s])eci- 

 mens of tlu> species are in the Smithsonian collection — male, female, 

 and youny;. 



Mr. Edward Harris, in a letter to the Phil. Acad. Sc, (accompanying 

 spei*imens of what he called the S. nlorcri,) read June '2y, 18.")S, o-jyos 

 the following information concerning the species, of which he had taken 

 specimens at the outlet of Grand Lake, on the western branch of Saint 

 Croix Eivcr: 



"These tish are taken also in moderate (piantities lower down the 

 stream. But on the Avaters below Ticwcy's Island, wduch are of a darker 

 color and constantly tilled with saw-dust from the mills, the tish lose 

 their silvery brightness, and have the appearance of having been 

 immersed in a yellowish dye ; these tish, too, are always in a poor con- 

 dition. * * * * 



" It has heretofore been considered by those who are acijuainted with 

 this fish, that they were entirely contined to the waters of the Saint 

 Croix, including its two branches and their lakes, in fact contined almost 

 entirely to the lakes and their outlets; and it is only on this trip that I 

 have heard of specimens having been taken as a variety in three small 

 lakes which empty into the lower Saint Croix and inta Passamaqnoddy 

 Bay. The tish described by Mr. Girard, as found in bunion Eiver, would 

 have but a short distance farther to travel in the salt-water before enter- 

 ing that river. It is, therefore, pretty certain that they are, as far as 

 yet known, confined to the waters of the Saint Croix, and streams of easy 

 access therefrom by sea. Tliey api)ear not to be known in Xew Bruns- 

 wick, except in one of the small lakes alluded to, which empties its 

 waters on that side of the river. Mr. Perley is said to be unacquainted 

 with the tish, except from report. * * * * 



''These tish, as taken, may be said to run from one to tive pounds in 

 weight, as it is very rare to take tish of a size intermediate between the 

 small fish with the red spots, and those of the size of these specimens," 



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"As a game-fish, affording fine sport to the fly-fisher, I doubt whether 

 it has its e(pial on this eontiiuMit, with the exception of the true salmon. 

 Its strength and agility are surprising; when hooked it will frccpiently 

 make a succession of leaps, two or three feet clear of the Avater. It is 

 most re;ulily taken with the fly in more rapid waters above the dam, at 

 the foot of Grand Lake, which has been made for the purpose of running 

 logs. They are readily taken while the gates are up, but as soon as 

 they are closed and the waters become still, they decline the fly, but 



