354 WHAT IS A SEA TROUT 



In a private letter, Dr. Merriam added that 

 this species had only been recently described by, 

 if I remember rightly, Mr. C. Gilbert, and that 

 the specimen came from the Rangeley Lakes, in 

 Maine. Subsequently, in 1896 and '97, I killed 

 some specimens of salvelinus oquassa at the Co- 

 cashoo and Big Romaine rivers, in Labrador. 

 In July, 1903, Mr. Charles Stewart Davison, who 

 was fishing the Trout River near Moisie, killed a 

 specimen of salvelinus oquassa, which I saw and 

 helped to preserve for him. This specimen was 

 later on presented to the New York Aquarium. 

 I append Mr. Davison 5 s letter: 



56 WALL STREET. 

 NEW YORK, July 30th, 1903, 



NAPOLEON COMEAU, ESQ., 

 Godbout, 



Province of Quebec, Canada. 

 MY DEAR MR. COMEAU : 



I sent the trout to the New York Aquarium and 

 have a letter from Mr. Townsend, the director, in 

 which he says that it " appears to be one of the 

 forms of oquassa, just which I am unable to 

 state, as the Aquarium has no specimen for com- 

 parison. I can probably inform you on the point 

 a little later." 



He adds that the trout " would be welcome in 

 our Aquarium collection, if you do not want it." 

 I therefore told him to keep it and have written 



