We Invrrove witn Agr. 378 
from the date of fructification to the birth of the fish, varies 
from 60 to 120 days, the time required being dependent upon 
the quality and temperature of the water, with the condition 
of quiet and shade necessary to accelerate incubation. 
While the umbilical vesicle is attached to the tiny fish it 
is called an “alevin” (name borrowed from the French), but 
after its absorption it is known as a“ try,” or“ penk.” Now 
it sculls along and seeks its food from imperceptible particles, 
as animalcule of the stream and the tiny fledglings falling 
to the surface, or rising from the bottom to burst from their 
embryotic state and take wing at the top ofthe stream. Like 
a $ 
SaLmon Fry—a, the natural length. 
the young of the finest breeds of animals on land, it appears 
more delicate and less able to contend for subsistence than 
do those of coarser natures. In its second form it is not 
beautiful, and few would suppose it a young salmon. Its 
transverse bars are plainly marked, and within three months 
after its birth it assumes lighter shades, and carmine spots 
begin to develop, when it becomes a parr. 
This specimen is half the natural length, retaining its natu- 
ral proportions. Though only between five and six inches in 
length, the parr from which I made this copy was taken by me 
A Parr Eiaur Montus Ovp. 
on the fly and hook with which I had that morning brought 
two goodly-sized salmon to gaff This fact proves the real 
