The Grayling Family 179 



The coloration is purplish gray with silvery 

 reflections, darker on the back, belly white and 

 iridescent ; sides of head with bright bluish and 

 bronze lustre; sides of the body with small, 

 black, irregular spots; ventral fins with oblique, 

 rose-colored lines ; dorsal with alternate dusky 

 and rose-colored lines below, and alternate rows 

 of dusky green and roseate spots above ; caudal 

 fin dusky with a middle roseate stripe. 



In 1 870-1 876 I visited most of the grayling 

 streams in Michigan, and found it abundant, 

 affording fine fishing. At that time it was 

 also in the Boyne, and in Pine Lake and River. 

 I also took it in Lake Michigan while fishing 

 for cisco from the pier at Charlevoix. Fish 

 running from a pound to a pound and a half 

 were common, and occasionally one of two 

 pounds was taken. 



It is sad to contemplate the gradual disap- 

 pearance of this fish from the once densely 

 populated streams of Michigan. At the present 

 day the angler is fortunate, indeed, who succeeds 

 in taking a brace of grayling where a few years 

 ago his basket was soon filled. This deplorable 

 state of affairs has been brought about by the 

 axe of the lumberman, whose logs, descending 



