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The anal base is four ninths as long as the head; the last ray 

 of tlir tin is one half as long as the longest, which is one half 

 as long as the head. The pectoral reaches almost to below the 

 origin of the dorsal, its length two thirds of length of head. 

 Caudal deeply forked, its middle rays less than one half as long 

 as tlu* outer, which are equal to length of head without the 

 snout. 



The tisli is an iumiature male with about 10 oblong parr 

 marks on tlir sides and with a few narrow dark blotches simu- 

 lating half bands on the back from near the nape to a point 

 behind the dorsal fin ; numerous pale spots along the middle of 

 the sides, each of which no doubt had a vermilion spot in the 

 center in life. 



Sterling lake is in Xevv York and New Jerse3'; and it was 

 stated that the trout are found in streams emptying into the 

 lake. This is noteworthy as being the only instance, as far as 

 known. (f successful introduction of the saibling into our 

 waters. 



142 Salvelinus alpinus aureolus (^Reau) 



>iimape Trout; Golden Trout; ^ilwr Trout ilntroducedj 



SalceUniis aureolus Bean, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mns. 628, 1887, Sunapee Lake, 

 New Hampshire. 



Sdhcliniiti ulpiiuis atireolus Jordan, Forest tS: Stream. Jan. 22. 1891; 

 (H'ACKENBOs, Trans. N. Y. Ac. Sci. XII, 139, 1893; Jordan & Ever- 

 mann. Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 511, 1896, pi. LXXXIII, fig.. 220, 1900. 



Sdlnio alpinus (4arman, American Angler, Feb. 5, 1891. 



The type of the description, no. 39334, was obtained in Sun- 

 apee lake, N. H., in the fall of 1887 by Dr John I). Quackenbos. 



The leiigtli of the specimen to the caudal base is 6| inches. 

 I'he gie;iiest liight of the body equals the length of the head, 

 and is contained about four times in the total without caudal. 

 The lensi higlit of Die tail eiiuals one third the length of the 

 head. Tlie iii;ixill;i reaches iast the middle, but not to the end 

 '' III*' cyr; iis length is contained about two and two thirds 

 limes ill ieiigih of iiead. The length of the upper jaw is contained 

 alxMii two and one third limes in the h-iigth of the head, and is 

 e<iii:il to the hnges1 anal lay. The eye is a little longer than 



