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According to previous experience the fry will remain in the 

 creek for a considerable period before entering the river. More 

 than 100,000 of the fry were reared to fingerling size in a pond 

 prepared for their growth. They were fed upon cracker dust 

 in addition to which they had swarms of minute crustaceans 

 which reproduced naturally in the pond. 



Black Spotted Trout. 

 The black spotted trout is no longer limited to Adirondack 

 lakes. It has been found in the Boquet river, near Elizabeth- 

 town, N. Y., and the commission has introduced it into the Cats- 

 kills. It is hoped that the species will be established in many 

 suitable waters of the State. 



Brown Trout. 

 The brovvn trout has the following coloration: On the head, 

 body and dorsal fin usually numerous red and black spots, the 

 latter circular or egg-shaped, and some of them with a pale 

 border ; yellowish margin usually present on the front of the dor- 

 sal and anal and the outer part of the ventral. The dark spots 

 are few in number below the lateral line. The ground color of 

 the body is brownish or brownish black varying with food and 

 locality. This trout has been hybridized with the Loch Leven 

 trout extensively. 



Loch Leven Trout. 

 The Loch Leven trout has the following coloration : 

 Upper parts brownish or greenish olive, or sometimes with a 

 reddish tinge, sides silvery with a varying number of egg-shaped 

 black spots, or sometimes rounded brown spots or rounded black 

 spots which may be ocellated. Occasionally red spots are seen 

 on the sides, and the adipose fin may have several bright orange 

 spots, or it may show a red edge and several dark spots; sides 

 of the head with round black spots; dorsal and adipose fins 

 usually with numerous small brown spots ; tip of pectoral black- 

 ish; anal and caudal fins unspotted, but the caudal sometimes 

 has an orange margin, and the anal a white edge with black at 

 its base; a similar edge may sometimes be observed on the 

 ventral. 



