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Shiner. Perca A^ohUis. 



Chub. Perca Philadeiphica» 



Bream. Perca Chnjsoptera, 



Bret. Cliipea Minima, 



Menow. 



Sucker. 



Dace. 



Migration is not peculiar to the birds 1 

 Several kinds of fishes, have as regular periods 

 of approach, and departure, as the birds of pas- 

 sage. This is the case with the salmon. In 

 the spring, about the 25th of April, these fish 

 begin to pass up Connecticut river, and proceed 

 to the highest branches. About the same time, 

 or a little later, they arc found in Lake Cham^ 

 plain, and the large streams which fall into it. 

 "So strong is this instinct of migration in the 

 salmon, that in passing up the rivers, they force 

 their passage over cataracts of several feet in 

 height, and in opposition to the most rapid, cur- 

 rents. They are sometimes seen to make six 

 or seven attempts, before they can succeed to 

 ascend the falls. When they are thus going up 

 in the spring, they are round and fat, of an ex- 

 cellent taste, and fla\'our. .: From the fu'st week 

 in May, to the Secofid week in June, they are 

 taken in great numbers. When tliey arrive at 

 the upper pai'ts of the rivers, they deposit their 

 spawn, and remain there during the summer 

 season ;' but become very lean, and flaccid. 

 Towards th^ latter end of September, they re- 

 turn to the ocean ; but so much emaciated, that 

 they are not taken, or used for food. Some of 

 these salmon in the spring, v/ill weigh thirty 

 five or forty pounds. They niigrate only to 



