34 DESCEIPTION, OLASSIFIOATION, AND 



Professor Garman has been good enough to supply 

 me with the result of his examination of seventeen 

 specimens of the ouananiche, of which three were 

 Canadian and the remaining fourteen American. 

 Here it is : 



It should be explained that the short rays at the 

 front of each fin are included. The split ray, the 

 hindmost of the fin, counts as a §ingle one. The 

 professor remarks, and what he says is authoritative : 

 " Unless you have a number of specimens that give 

 an average lower than that of ordinary Salino solar, 

 variation of a single ray in a specimen means but 

 little. Variations of a ray or two, more or less, may 

 be expected on individuals from aay locality." Jor- 

 dan and Gilbert give the Salmo solar : dorsal, 11 ; 

 anal, 9. 



