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but does not vary in its specific relations. Mr. " (naming an 



American author to whom I referred), "was wrong in calling 

 this fish Salmo trutta S. trutta is a European species ; and if he 

 applied the name to the Canadian brook trout it is a misnomer. 

 I cannot say, not having read " (a work by said author men- 

 tioned by me). "Trusting this may meet your wants, I am, 



" Yours very sincerely, 



"J. A. HENSHALL. 



" P.S. On next page please find nomenclature of the sea-trout 

 of the lower St. Lawrence. 



" CANADIAN SEA-TROUT. 

 " Scdvelinus fontinalis, (Mitchill), Gill & Jordan. 



"SYNONOMY. Salmo canadensis, Ham. Smith, in Griffith's 

 Cuvier, x, 474, 1834. Salmo immaculatus, H. R. Storer, in Bost. 

 Jour: Nat. Hist., vi, 364, 1850. 



" VERNACULAR NAMES. Canadian brook trout, sea-trout, sal- 

 mon trout, unspotted salmon, white sea-trout, etc. 



" SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION. Body oblong or ovate, moderately 

 compressed; depth of body one-fourth to one-fifth of length; 

 back broad and rounded. 



" Head large, not very long, sloping symmetrically above and 

 below; head contained four or five times in length of body. 

 Nostrils double ; vomer boat-shaped ; jaws with minute teeth; no 

 teeth on hyoid bone; mouth large, the maxillary reaching to the 

 eye; eye large. 



"Scales very small, in two hundred and twenty-five transverse 

 rows; caudal fin slightly lunate in adult, forked in young; adi- 

 pose fin small. 



"Fin rays: D. 10; A. 9; P. 13; V. 8; C. 19. 



" Color: back mottled with dark markings; sides lighter ; belly 

 silvery white ; red and yellow spots on body, mostly on sides. 



" Coloration often plain and silvery in sea-run individuals." 



The so-called "sea-trout of Long Island, as stated 



