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of this remarkably fine salmon trout. My especial thanks are 

 therefore due to Dr. Gilpin, of Halifax, and Dr. Fiske, of St. 

 John, also to my friends Major Monk, Captain Wolseley, and 

 Lieutenant Young of the 22nd regiment. 



The haunts of the Salmo Gloveri, which I have named 

 the Silvery Salmon Trout, as far as is yet known, appear to be 

 restricted to the Atlantic provinces.* No doubt, like other 

 species rather localized, it is frequently confounded with varie- 

 ties of the Brook and Sea Trouts. This may be owing to the 

 diversities in colouring of specimens caught in different seasons, 

 and also to its dimensions, which apparently differ in certain 

 waters. It would seem, from information furnished me, that 

 there are few of the great rivers fed from lakes and flowing into 

 the Bay of Fundy in which the "shiners"t have not been seen, 

 and perhaps the same may be said of the Gulf of the St. Lau- 

 rence, as its presence at the present day in the Saguaney 

 might demonstrate. The westward distribution has not been 

 defined, and therefore I am inclined to believe in its restric- 

 tion to the eastern portion of the Canadian Dominion and 

 the state of Maine, which, regarded as a zoological province, is 

 only a portion of New Brunswick. I opine that the chief reasons 

 why it came to be considered a dwarfed race of salmon are 

 that according to prevailing opinions it was only to be met 



* These are as follow : Schoodic Lakes, on the western frontier of 

 New Brunswick ; Loch Lomond, and Mispeck River ; Union River, 

 Maine ; Saguenay River, and its head waters. In Nova Scotia its presence 

 has been established in St. John's Lake, Grand Lake, Salmon River, and 

 Pockwock Lake. According to Mr. Herbert, in his " Fish and Fishing 

 of the United States," it is said to have once frequented the Kennebec 

 River in the state of Maine. I have no doubt, however, that further 

 researches will greatly extend its boundaries. It was noted as far back 

 as 1842 by the late Dr. Gesnser, in his "Geological Report on New Bruns- 

 wick," under the name of "shiner," from specimens seen by him in the 

 situation I am now describing. 



f So called by Europeans, from the very brilliant white lower parts of 

 individuals captured in early spring or in autumn ; when " struck " it 

 flashes forth the molten silver of its lower parts in a very dazzling and 

 conspicuous manner. 



