322 The Trouts of America 



the so-called trouts, which are recognized spe- 

 cifically as saiblings the charrs of Europe, 

 Salvelinus alpinus. These fish were originally 

 found in the cold, clear lakes of the Alpine region 

 and of Northern Europe, and, when subsequently 

 discovered in America, they inhabited like waters, 

 and will not thrive in any others. By the name 

 of "saibling" they are universally known in 

 Germany ; in France as the " ombre chevalier," 

 and in England as " charrs," and among American 

 anglers the name of " trouts " without distinction 

 of species is generally given them. The saibling 

 is very thoroughly distributed in Northeastern 

 America, and new varietal forms are not in- 

 frequently discovered in the waters of New 

 England and Canada; at the present time the 

 varieties are: the long-finned charr, the Green- 

 land charr, the Arctic charr, and the Sunapee 

 trout, in all of which the anatomical differences 

 appear to be slight, but the coloration varies 

 greatly. 



The type of the saiblings, as we find them in 

 American waters, is the " European charr " or 

 " saibling," Salvelinus alpinus. It is either gray- 

 ish or greenish on the back, and the belly is red, 

 particularly in the male during the spawning sea- 



