from the North- West Coast of America, 9 



called To-oh~odU. The colors of the specimen procured — an 

 adult male — were evidently much changed by long residence 

 in fresh water, and the exhaustion consequent upon procreation. 

 This was rendered evident by the altered appearance of the 

 jaws and teeth, as well as by the lean condition of the fish. 

 The colors, as they appeared, were as follows : Upper parts 

 dingy olive-green, profusely spotted with diagonal and confluent 

 spots of dark brown, or black. Lower parts dingy yellowish 

 white, unspotted, but tinged with a reddish band along the 

 flanks.* Dorsal, adipose, and caudal fins dark yellowish green, 

 spotted profusely with dark brown or black. 



The examination of the dried skin shows branchial rays 13. 14. 

 as near as can be counted. The condition of the specimen is 

 such that no reliable statement can be given of the number of 

 fin-rays. Length of skin 29 inches. Insertion of anal fin about 

 21 inches in length. A single tooth on the anterior portion of 

 the vomer. Litermaxillary projection strongly decurved in the 

 dried skin. 



N'ote. — An alcoholic specimen in the Smithsonian Collection, 

 marked 1136, is apparently that of a female of some nearly 

 allied species, from the same general region of country. The 

 head and skin are preserved, the flesh having been removed. 

 In general appearance it much resembles the present species, 

 but the spots are more numerous, and round — not confluent. 



Salmo canis, Suckley. 



Dog Salmon : Spotted Salmon. 



Chinook Jargxjn, Lekai. Nisqually, Thl-hwhai. 



Sp. Ch. — Male. Gape line of mouth much arched ; intermaxillary 

 protuberance well marked, decurved ; fleshy prolongation beyond chin 



* This reddish tinge on the iides and abdomen is of common occurrence in 

 several species of salmon, when exhausted after the spawning season. 



