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distinct species. With regard to the " nuptial dress" of the New- 

 foundland sticklebacks, I am sorry to say that I paid insufficient 

 attention to the subject, and collected my specimens, I think, in 

 October. 



Haddock {Sebastes Norvegicus). Not common on the N.W. 

 coast, where I never knew it captured by the settlers, although 

 I have seen specimens washed ashore dead. 



Spring Mackerel [Scomber vernalis) and Fall Mackexel {S. grex). 

 Mr. Perley, in his ' Report of the Sea and River Fisheries of 

 Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,' says, " Mackerel were formerly 

 abundant near the coasts of Newfoundland, but none have been 

 taken there since 1837." This is quite a mistake, as 1 saw speci- 

 mens taken at Green Point and Bonne Bay in the months of July 

 and August, 1867, but of which species I am unable to say: they 

 were very fine mackerel, but I am fully aware that they are not so 

 abundant as formerly. 



Horse Mackerel [Thynnus vulgaris). Occasionally seen off the 

 coasts of Newfoundland, and sometimes specimens of large size 

 are picked up dead on the shore, especially after severe gales. 



Swordfish {Xiphias gladim). Occasionally picked up on shore. 



Wolf-fish [Anarrhiciis lupus). Not uncommon along the coasts, 

 and frequently called "cat-fish" and "sea-wolf." 



Angler, or Sea-devil [Lophias Ainericamis). Frequent. A speci- 

 men, about three feet in length, which was washed ashore at Cow 

 Head in June, 1868, had in its stomach an indigested codfish 

 nearly twenty inches in length. 



Brook Trout, or Charr [Salmo fontinalis). Abundant in all the 

 brooks and lakes. In September, 1866, I watched two young men 

 fishing for trout with the most wretched specimens of home-made 

 " flies" I ever saw, being composed of a small gull's feather and a 

 piece of red woollen lining from an old coat. They captured 

 seventy-five trout in less than two hours. This little fish is 

 delicious eating. 



Salmon Trout [S. triiita). Abounds all along the coast, and is 

 usually taken in nets by the settlers. 



Salmon [S. salar). Although the salmon is still abundant on the 

 shores of Newfoundland it is not nearly so plentiful as it was a few 

 years since. It is a strange fact that, although salmon, like other 

 migratory fish, comes from the westward in the spring, it is in- 

 variably caught in the nets with its head pointing to the west — 



