282 The Trout s of America 



diversity of European forms and colorations in 

 the salmonidae family. To this fish properly 

 belongs the name of salmon-trout. It is a game 

 fighter, yet is apt to take a troll of natural min- 

 now or an artificial phantom more readily than 

 the feathers placed ever so gingerly by the fly- 

 caster. 



