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the country I have noticed its variableness of 

 coloration, which might be inferred from some 

 of its names, as gray pike, yellow pike, blue pike, 

 white salmon, etc. As I remember them, those 

 caught in brackish water in Maryland were quite 

 greenish, with silvery reflections and with dark 

 markings. On Lake Erie the coloration varies 

 somewhat with age, the younger ones being 

 known as blue pike, the mature fish as yellow 

 pike, and the oldest and largest as gray pike. 

 On the rivers of the Middle West that are subject 

 to periods of high and muddy water they are 

 much paler. On the many pine-fringed lakes in 

 northern Wisconsin and Minnesota the variation 

 in color is quite apparent, both as to the ground 

 color and markings. The older fish are very 

 dark and dull on the back, and the younger ones 

 much brighter. 



THE SAUCER 



{Stizostedion catiadense) 



The sauger was first described by C. H. Smith, 

 in 1834, who named it canadensis, from having 

 collected his type specimens in Canada. 



It is also known as jack, sand-pike, gray-pike, 

 and rattlesnake pike. It is closely related to the 

 pike-perch, though smaller and more slender, with 



