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fish and hatch in from forty-two to fifty days with water at fifty degrees. The 

 character of the egg is like the red throat and fontinalis, heavy and non-adhesive. A 

 scientific description of the steelhead is not necessary at this time, but I give the 

 coloring from Jordan and Evermann: 



Color, olive green above ; sides, silvery ; head, back, upper fins and tail, more or less 

 densely covered with black spots ; belly usually unspotted ; males with colors heightened, the 

 back greenish; both sexes in spring with a broad flesh colored lateral band, deep, rosy red on 

 the opercles, this often retained throughout the year ; fins not red ; no red on the membrane of 

 the lower jaw. 



In the Kamloops, or lake form of the steelhead, the lateral band is a bright 

 rose pink. Jordan and Evermann say, as a sort of summary of the mykiss, 

 steelhead and rainbow : 



It is not unlikely that, when the waters of the Northern hemisphere are fully explored, it 

 will be found that all the black spotted trout of America, Europe and Asia are forms of one 

 species, for which the oldest name is Salmo trutta, Linnatus. 



Salmo trutta is the sea trout or salmon trout of Europe, and I was instrumental in 

 bringing the first of them to this country, and the State of New York has planted 

 some under the name of Scotch sea trout, and I hope it has not made trouble for 

 future ichthyologists. 



Golden vainer, or ^ream. 



Really that title should be reversed, for the fish is a bream, and is called golden 

 shiner, by which name it is better known than as bream or roach which is still another 

 common name for it. 



The introduction of this fish in a colored plate is a tribute to the fisherman, for it 

 is a bait fish pure and simple and not a food fish in this State, although it grows under 

 favorable circumstances to twelve inches in length. 



The golden shiner is the most expensive fish that I have ever bought, living or 

 dead, for on an occasion I have paid as high as 25 cents per ounce for it, and got two 

 shiners for one dollar. That particular season gold shiners were scarce and were 

 caught with hook and line to be used as bait in trolling for lake trout. They are very 

 delicate, the scales coming off very easily when the fish is handled, and in the spring 

 they are apt to be scarce during high water when lake trout trolling is best and they 

 command a good price, so that the fishermen usually sew them to the hooks on which 

 they are impaled. Their bright color makes them a shining mark in clear water, 

 and they can be seen a long distance by the fish which they lure to the angler's gaff. 

 In the summer they are used as bait for black bass, but are not considered as good as 



