304 AMERICAN GAME. 



ly made out as permanent varieties ; and that the 

 variations of color from dark, green and greenish 

 brown, to. bright yellow, silvery, and something nearly 

 approaching to., orange, are merely local, casual^ and 

 individual differences, and not general, permanent, 

 specific distinctions. 



The following luminous description of this game and 

 excellent fish is borrowed from Dr. Hichardson's Taura- 

 fioreali-Americana, or natural history of the Northern 

 Regions of America, including parts of the United 

 States, and the British Provinces as far north as to the 

 Arctic Ocean. The specimen from which it was com- 

 piled was caught at Penetanguishine, on the great 

 Georgian bay of Lake Huron, but will answer for fish of 

 this genus taken in any part of America which they 

 may chance to frequent; so small is their variation in 



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any respect but that of color, which appears to vary in 

 obedience to no fixed law of locality or latitude, except 

 that it appears to me that of the fishes taken in estuaries 

 and at the mouths of tidal rivers, the color is deeper and 

 the tints fade from cerulean black along the dorsal out- 

 line to olive green on the flanks, with a silver belly ; 

 while in clear lakes and fresh streams, they change from 

 olive-green on the back to bright golden yellow on the 

 sides and belly. 



THE YELLOW PEKCH. 



Color. General tint of the back greenish -yellow ; of 

 the sides golden-yellow with minute black specs ; and 



