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very deep ; hinder border sinuous, as in S. alpinus; lobes pointed. 

 Excepting 8. namaycush, the notch is deeper than in any other of 

 the American species. 



"Back dark brown, with an iridescent bluish tint; unspotted. 

 Dorsal dark, clouded somewhat, but without spots or bands. Pec- 

 torals, anal, and ventrals orange in the middle, yellowish or whitish 

 towards their bases and margins. The dark color of the back 

 shades into whitish, with a tinge of pink below the lateral line. 

 Head black on top, silvery on the cheeks, white beneath. Ventral 

 surface white, no doubt red in breeding-season. Flesh pink. Cau- 

 dal fin yellowish towards the base, brownish or darker towards the 

 hinder border, which has a narrow edging of light color. Faint 

 areas of lighter tint suggest that there may have been a few spots 

 of reddish or yellowish along the lateral line on one of the speci- 

 mens ; but the condition is such that the matter must remain in 

 question, likewise the number of caeca, and the presence of parr- 

 bands, of which there are several very faint indications. 



"This fish evidently is closely allied to Salmo oquassa, the blue- 

 back of the Rangeley Lakes ; it reaches a greater size than that spe- 

 cies, and is readily distinguished by the maxillary and its dentition, 

 the caudal fin and the coloration. Similarly when compared with 

 8. stagnalis and 8. fossi it is seen to be quite distinct. With the in- 

 troduced saibling, 8. alpinus, of the Sunapee Lake it has still less in 

 common.'' 



THE OTJITOUCHE, OR OHTJB 



A frequent cause of annoyance to the persistent 

 trout fisherman in Canadian waters is the " taking " 

 qualities of the common American chub, which is met 

 with in the great majority of them. Not that it is 

 here a fish devoid of those qualities that warranted 

 Professor Gr. Brown Goode in according it a place in 

 his popular treatise upon The Game and Food Fishes 

 of Worth America, for, in its Canadian habitat, it at- 

 tains to a weight of six pounds, rises freely to the 

 fly, and fights like a Trojan when hooked ; while the 



