CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS . . . . . . . 1 



THE GAME FISH OF NORTH AMERICA .... 9 



SALMONIDiE, OR THE SALMON FAMILY . . . . . 33 



The Salmon ........ 60 



The Brook Trout . . . . . . . . 105 



The Greatest Lake Trout ...... 131 



The Siskawitz ........ 143 



The Lake Trout ....... 149 



The Salmon Trout . . . . . . . 154 



The Masamacush . . . . . . .162 



Back's Grayling . . . . • . . 169 



The American Smelt . . . . . .175 



The Capelin ...... .179 



The White Fish . . . . . '' . . 182 



The Otsego Bass . . . • . . . 188 



SILURID^ 193 



The Cat-Fish . . . • . . . . 193 



CYPRINID^ ......... 196 



The Common Carp . . . • • . . 196 



The American Roach ...... 204 



The New York Shiner . . . . . . . 206 



The American Bream ....... 208 



Minnows ......... 210 



CLUPEID^ ......... 212 



The Herring . . . . . . . . 212 



The Shad ........ 214 



