THE LAND-LOCKED SALMON. 9 1 



Salmon as described by Mr. Atkins. The Wananishe is a 

 much longer fish, and altogether larger, in proportion to his 

 weight, than is the Brook Trout, as the following figures show: 



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1. Salmo Salar Jordan & Gilbert n n 9 



2. Sulmo Sebago Hamlin 12 15 12 9 10 



3. Wananishe Lake St. John. 11 14 12 9 10 



4 Wananishe Labrador 12 it 9 



5. Salvelinus Namaycush Jordan & Gilbert 11-12 11 11 



6. Salvelinus fontinalis Jordan & Gilbert 10 9 



Specimens under a pound are rare, and are found in shallow 

 water and small streams. It was a long time before I suc- 

 ceeded in getting a Wananishe parr, even in water which I 

 knew to be just below favorite spawning-grounds. They are 

 almost indistinguishable from Salmon parr, and are probably 

 taken for small Trout, if ever observed at all. The four- 

 ounce fish have already put on the silvery livery of the smolt, 

 through which the transverse bands of the parr-marking 

 show distinctly. In specimens of from a pound to a pound 

 and one-quarter the silver scales rub off easily, and the parr- 

 bands are to be seen even on fish up to two pounds in weight. 

 Mr. Atkins states that the marks are distinct on the under 

 side of the skin of adult fish of the Schoodic variety. This per- 

 sistency of the parr marking is considered by him to be evidence 

 of arrested development, and perhaps rightly so, when we con- 

 nect with it the fact, established by the Howietoun experi- 

 ments, that the parr and smolt of the sea Salmon, both male 

 and female, when bred and raised entirely in fresh water, can re- 

 produce their species, and that their progeny again are fertile. 



As to shape, the Wananishe is a perfect Salmon, only a 

 dwarf; and the highest ichthyological authorities on both sides 

 of the ocean are agreed that there is no difference of anatomy 

 between Salmo Salar and Salmo Sebago. I have myself dis- 

 sected many specimens of sea Salmon and Wananishe, but can 

 detect no permanent or tangible mark of difference between 

 them. 



