86 AMERICAN FISHES. 



ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYGU. SALMONID^. 



Brook Trout, vkrt Youno Pry. 



THE BROOK TROUT. 



TPE COMMON TROUT THE TROUTLET.* 



The New York Chabr; RiclHirdson. — Salmo Fontinalis; DeKay. 



Like the wild animals of this continent, almost without exception, 

 the Trout of America is a distinct .species from the fish of Europe ; 

 although, as in many other instances, the general resemblance is so 

 strong, and the characteristic differences so narrow, that in the eyes 

 of a common observer, judging from memory only, they appear to be 

 identical. 



Many gportsmen, who have been va^ the habit of killing this beau- 

 tiful fish, iDoth in this country and in Europe, are under the 

 impression that there is no material difference ; but such is not, in 

 truth; the case ; for as with the snipe, the teal, the widgeon, and 

 many others of the birds of America, the characteristic marks of 

 distinction, though easily overlooked at first, by a person unacquainted 



* This name is applied to the fish while in the state represented in the cut above, 

 by Dr. DeK^y. 



