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Lake Massiwippi, in the Province of Quebec, some forty miles dis- 

 tant, called the black salmon. We believe however, that the char- 

 acteristics of the several varieties named are less positive than 

 those that distinguish the Salmo fontinalis from the 5. immacu- 

 latus. 



Salmon Trout ; lake trout ; red trout ; lake salmon. — Salmo conjinis. — De Kay. 

 Salmo adirondakus. — Norris. 



This trout undoubtedly possesses characteristics (specific ?) 

 and habits very different from the togue or grey trout of Maine 

 and New Brunswick. It does not attain the immense size of the 

 togue, its average weight being scarcely more than six pounds, 

 though we have ourselves seen a specimen that weighed sixteen 

 pounds, and heard of others that would hold several pounds over 

 this. Its natural habitat is the lakes of New York State and the 

 adjoining waters of Pennsylvania and Canada, though much re- 

 stricted in the first-named ; and were not found outside thereof 

 until their comparatively very recent distribution by Fish Commis- 

 sioners throughout the clear and cold waters of nearly all the 

 Northern States. Both this fish and the Salmo namayciish or 

 Mackinaw trout of the Great Lakes are thus employed for propaga- 

 tion with equal success. The salmon trout is now becoming well- 

 known, and will doubtless hereafter occupy and thrive in most of 

 the waters where it has been placed and adopted. It takes the 

 troll readily in June, and is often caught with fly at the outlets of 

 the Adirondack lakes, notably at Bartlett's dam, outlet of the Lower 

 Saranac. In Hamilton County it is known as the Red Trout, which 

 latter, at a period not remote, was supposed to be a distinct variety 

 of trout, its markings being different in many respects, — its drab 

 color tinged v/ith pink, and its spots smaller and of a deeper orange. 

 There are marked peculiarities of the lake trout in other waters of 

 New York than these ; as for instance, in Seneca Lake they will 

 not take troll or fly, but in Crooked Lake, immediately adjoining it, 

 they are constantly taken with the hook. In Lakes Winnipissiogee 

 and Monadnock, in New Hampshire, there is a trout so different 

 from other recognized species that its individuality is admitted by 

 scientists. It is known as the Salmo symmetrica. Its form is 

 slender, symmetrical ; that of the coiifinz's is thicker and shorter. 



