152 SALMONIDiE. 



This^ with the exception of a few general remarks on its 

 habitSj is all that Dr. Dekay has recorded of this fish. 



I cannot, however, proceed, without expressing my great 

 surprise at Dr. Dekay^s opinion of its resemblance to the Salmo 

 Hoodii, known also as the Arctic Charr, the Mingan River 

 Salmon, and the Masamacush of the Cree Indians. This is a 

 decided long-finned Charr, beautifully coloured, of a rich lake 

 purple, with numerous bright golden spots, and the red belly of 

 the proper Charr. It is, moreover, an anadroraous species, 

 running up the swift rivers of the north, and descending to the 

 salt water to i-ecruit. Its flesh is bright red. It is one of the 

 boldest fish at the bait known on this continent, leaping com- 

 pletely out of water to seize it, and flinging itself high above the 

 surface many times in succession on being struck. 



I can see nothing in which it can be compared to any of the 

 Lake Trout, and least of all to this, which is the most worthless 

 of all the non-migratory species. It is found, I believe, in Lake 

 Ontario, below the Falls of Niagara, and certainly in all the 

 New England lakes so far to the eastward as the State of 

 Maine. In the British provinces, with the exception of 

 Lakes Mephramagog and Champlain, I do not think that 

 it exists. 



From a careful comparison of the cut in Dr. Dekay's work, 

 plate 38, fig. 123, as well from his description of its colouring, 

 I have no hesitation in pronouncing it far more nearly con- 

 nected Avith the Siskawitz of Professor Agassiz, than with anv 

 other of its congeners, although the elongated head, the shape 

 of the fins, and especially the lobe-like formation of the caudal, 

 clearly distinguishes it from this species. 



