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mykiss). It is also known as the red- throat 

 trout. I should think, from the description 

 given in the report of the Commission of 

 Fisheries, Game, and Forests for the State of 

 New York, that it would do well in many of our 

 waters. There are many varieties of this species 

 of trout. The common name of them all is 

 Salmo myJciss, the black-spotted trout of the 

 Rocky Mountains. The cut-throat trout proper, 

 so called from the red colour of its throat, is 

 simply S. mykiss, but there are many varieties 

 described. Among these are the Columbia River 

 trout (S. mykiss, var. clarkii), the Lake Tahoe 

 trout (S. mykiss, var. Jienshawi), the Rio Grande 

 trout (S. mykiss, var. spilurus), and the Colorado 

 River trout (S. my kiss, var. pleuriticus). As these 

 names show, the black-spotted trout has a very 

 wide range and is found in what are totally 

 different climates. I should very much like to 

 see the cut-throat and the Columbia River varie- 

 ties tried in our waters, particularly the former, 

 as they would probably succeed in waters which 

 are too cold for the rainbow, and might very 

 likely thrive where our own trout (S. fario) is 

 not a success. As it is found in climates which 

 vary so much as do Alaska and California, it 



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