368 General Notes. [ May, 
by the older et the Pacific coast can still lay claim to 
sixteen species, as follow 
or 
Salmo — Gibbons, brook tr 
enshawi Gill and Jord., Lake Tahoe silver trout. 
> ay supp Richards, black tr 
z, Columbia River sae 
Satvelimus ‘spoctabils, Gir. Charr or Dolly aiden trout. 
bairdi. 
Dia williamsoni Gir., California white-fish. 
ANADROMOUS SPEC 
Oncorhynchus quinnat, common salmon, pee 
nerka, dog salmon, 
+ keta, Ekewan 
xs gor rbuscha , hump- back salmon. 
Ff Rennerlyi, red salmon 
MARINE SPECIES. 
Ormeren oe Ayers, slender sie smelt, 
thalichthys Ayres, Curve-mouthed silver smelt. 
HHypomesus slits (Palias) Gi ll, Siall-mouthed Silver smelt. 
Thalichthys pacificus Gir., Eulacl 
The first of these (S. trideus ) tek ual here reckoned as a 
fresh-water trout, appears to have acquired the habit, in some 
localities at least, of descending to the ocean in the autumn. 
Considerable quantities of what are called salmon trout are 
brought to market in September, and appear to be nothing more 
or less than Sa/mo irideus, changed in color by residence in salt 
water. This is, at least, the opinion of the more intelligent 
dealers, and is borne out by the external characters of proportion 
and form of head, body and fins. 
The change of color is of the same kind as that produced in 
the more truly anadromous species, that is, the spots disappear 
in great part and a blue steely tint is spread over the ‚body. S. 
irideus is the common trout of all Californian brooks and rivers. 
The eulachon, previously mentioned, is also known as “ candle 
fish,” a name w which it shares with two other fat fishes of totally 
different families, Anoplopoma fimbria and Ammodytes personatus. 
If the name be finally given to the fittest, the last of these should 
be the true “candle fish,” since not only is it fat enough to fur- 
nish the Indians with a ready made candle, but it is of an elongated 
cylindrical form.— W. N. Lockington. 
THe EnGiisH SPARROW IN NEw N. J.—The unusually 
mild weather which prevailed in viag Gaot of New York city 
during the months oe. November and December, had the effect of - 
starting the sparrows to housekeeping. About the 20th of the 
latter month I first noticed them carrying building material in the 
city of Newark, N. J., a proceeding which invited closer observa- 
tion and attracted attention to vane side-walk courtships, which 
were quite numerous, if not gener 
The sparrows are very abudi in Newark, so much so that 
