CKAKItAL 1)KS( Itll'TloN. ] ;, 1 



till" hi-nd ami IjdiIv l)liii>li hlurk. Si(li'> (tf t lie licad, base of'tlic 

 first (loi-Nul, of tilt' I'uuilal and anal tins, witli iimiiiToiis romuK-d 

 crowilt'il iiTL'i^ular li^lit ^pot.s. On tin- ha^c of tlu- d()l•^al and 

 caudal, tlu* spots Jiir oblon-^ I'n'*^ jjri'ciii.sli ; cliiii hrownisli 

 liiouzi' ; pupils blai'k ; iridos sahuuu-colour. Tips ot llu" lower 

 tius slightly tiujjt'd with red. 



" Leufjth, •il-.'i ; olthf lu-ad. 1 ■>. W fiirht, lillccu pduniU. 



" rin-ia\s, 1). 1 III; 1'. 11: \ . "•' ; A. L' ; C. 21^. 



'' Tllis is thf urll-know u Lake Salmon, I^akc 'I'lout, or Salmon 

 'i'rout ot' the State of Ni'w \()rk. Amonir tlu" thirtceu species 

 or \arieties of Lake Trout, or Laki- Salmon, so beautifully illus- 

 tmted by Riehartlson, I cannot find this species described. It 

 appears more nearly ullied by the fij^ure to Salmo I/oodii, but 

 dilfei-s in very important particulars from this species. It occurs 

 in most of the northern lakes of this State, and I have noticed 

 it in Siher Lake, I'cnnsyhania, adjacent to Mroome County, 

 which, as far as I know, is its southernnu)st limit. The figure 

 illustrating this sjiecies was from a specimen taken at Louis 

 Lake, Hamilton County, of unusual si/e and vigour. The 

 average weight is eight or ten [jounds ; but 1 have heard lishcr- 

 nu'u speak of some weighing thirty pounds, and e\en more. 

 There is, however, such a strong propensity to exaggeration in 

 everything in relation to aquatic aninuds, that 1 refrain from 

 citing ca.ses derived from such sources. 



" They frequent the deepest part of the lake, and unlike most 

 of their congeners, never rise to the fly. 



" The flesh is of course much prized in those districts where 

 no oceanic tish is ever tasted ; but to me it appears to possess 

 all the coarsenes^s of tlic Halibut without its flavour." 



