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tongue. The smaller specimen is in perfect preservation, except that its colours are faded. 

 The four rows of black spots are, however, distinct enough. There are four teeth on the 

 vomer, the two anterior ones being abreast. It does not seem that in this specimen the relative 

 position of the fins could have been in any way altered, yet the ventrals correspond to the 

 three last rays of the dorsal, and are even partly posterior to that fin. In other respects there 

 is no material difference between it and the Quebec fish, and a close comparison with a small 

 Scottish salmon, or grilse of nearly the same size, showed an almost perfect similarity in the 

 scales and external form. 



In the following table of dimensions I have given exact measurements not only of the 

 American specimen but also of several British salmon with which I compared them. 



Fins.— Br. 11—12; P. 13 

 11—12; 13 

 11—11; 14 

 10—12; 14 



D. 13—0; V. 9 



14—0; 9 



15—0; 9 



14—0; 9 



A. 10; C. 20f. Quebec salmon. 

 11; 19f Mingan R. ditto. 

 12; 194. Musquaw R. ditto. 



12 



19§. 

 194 



Ditto, ditto. 



Dimensions. 







No. 1. 



No. 2. 



No. 3. 



No. 4. 



No. 5. 



N 



n.6. 



No. 7- 



No. 8. 























Scottish 



Prime 





Young 











Mingan 



Mm 



quaw 



Musquau 



Spawned 



Salmon, 



Grilse. 



Salmon, 









Quebec 















Salmon, 



same 



River 



London 











R 



ver 



River 



River 



River 



E 



ver. 



Nith. 



Market, 









Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Salmon. 



Nith. 









Wt. 1502. 























Decern, 



August. 



August. 



March. 









In. lin. 



In. 



lin. 



hi. 



lin. 



In. 



lin. 



In. lin. 



In. 



lin. 



In. lin. 



In. lin. 





Length 



from tip of snout to extremities of caudal 



26 3 



29 



1 



36 







23 



9* 



38 9 



36 



9* 



24 



15 6 





3? 



„ end of central caudal rays . 



25 2 



■28 



n 



35 



8 



22 



101 



37 8 



35 



5 



23 4 



14 5 





jt 



,, end of sciles on caudal . 



23 9 



26 



10^ 



33 



6 



21 



8* 



35 5 



33 



"i 



22 



13 7 







„ end of base, of adipose fin 



19 9 



22 



5 



27 



8 



17 



7129 4 



28 



3 



17 8 



11 1 





»j 



„ end of attachment of anal 



19 2 



21 



10 



27 



1 



17 



2 



29 1 



27 



2 



17 9 



10 11 





js 



,, anus .... 



17 2 



18 



10 



24 



6 



15 



ox 



-'2 



26 1 



24 



1 



16 4 



9 7 





?> 



., first ray of ventrals 



11 9i 



13 



8 



17 



4 



11 



1 



18 10 



17 



10 



12 2 



6 9 





j? 



,, end of dorsal 



13 4" 



14 



3 



17 



4 



10 



9 



19 7 



18 



•H 



12 



7 2 





?» 



„ commencement of dorsal 



10 11 



11 



7 



13 



9 



8 



6 



15 11" 



15 



'1 



9 2 



5 9 





>) 



„ posterior edge of gill-cover . 



4 7J 



5 



2 



5 



3 



4 



2 



6 10 



6 



2 



4 6 



2 8 





J? 



„ nape ..... 



2 10| 



3 



2f 



3 



34- 



2 



H 



4 4 



4 



4 



2 10 



1 8i 





j> 



„ posterior edge of orbitar bones 



3 



3 



2 i 



3 



H 



2 



8 



4 31 



4 



1 



3 



<> J 





)j 



,, base of snout (hind, part of orbit) 



2 2 



2 



H 



2 



5 



2 



1 



3 4 



2 



11 



2 2 



1 2 





!) 



„ centre of orbit . 



1 10 



2 



1 



2 



2 



1 



8 



2 11 



2 



6 



1 10 



1 





V 



,, tips of labials 



. 



2 2i 



2 



4f 



2 



6* 



2 



0| 



3 6 



3 







2 2£ 









J) 



of intermaxillary 





9| 







io§ 







10 







8 



1 31 



1 



1 



91 



4a 





;j 



labial ..... 





1 6£ 



1 



8 ^ 



1 



9* 



I 



3| 



2 7 



2 



3 



2 7 



1 Ot 





•3 



lower jaw .... 



, 



2 7§ 



2 



10 



3 



n 



2 



3 



4 2 



3 



7 



2 71 



1 7 1 





» 



pectoral rays .... 





2 9i 



3 



2 



3 



i 



2 



7 



4 



3 



84 



2 8i 



1 10 





J) 



ventrals .... 





2 4 



2 



H 



2 



7 



1 



9 



3 31 



2 



11 



3 2 



1 5 





J> 



ventral appendage 



. 



1 



1 



2* 



1 



4 







9 



1 34 



1 



6 



11 









;j 



attachment of dorsal 





2 5 



2 



H 



3 



H 



2 



31 



3,. 8 



3 



4§ 



2 5 











longest rays of ditto . 





2 6 



2 



10 



3 







2 



2 



3 61 



3 



1 



2 6 



1 8 





» 



last ray of ditto 



. 



11 



1 



2 



1 



3 



1 







1 4 



1 



5 



I 



7 





)> 



attachment of adipose 





9 







7 







8.1 







H 



81 



1 



2 



8i 



5 





)) 



height of adipose 





1 2 



1 



2 



1 



0" 







9 



1 9| 



1 



84 



9 



7 





;» 



attachment of anal . . . 



, 



1 81 



2 



2 



2 



4 



1 



7' 



2 10 



2 



6 



1 31 



1 1 





)) 



longest ray of ditto 



, 



2 2i 



2 



8 



2 



6 



1 



91 



3 5 



2 



10 



1 10 



1 5 





)> 



space between anal and caudal 



. . 



3 



4 







5 







3 



84 



4 10 



4 



6 



3 11 









j; 



lobes of caudal 



, 



4 3 



4 



5 



5 







3 



4 



5 10 



5 



5 



4 2 









j- 



central ravs of ditto from end of scale 



s . 



1 5 







11 



1 



10 



1 



3 



2 6 



2 



01 



1 4i 



1 5 





Depth of caudal fork .... 





1 3 







71 







4 







11 



11 



1 



1 



1 2i 



7 





Obs. The dimensions of the intestines of two English salmon are given in a subsequent page, at the end of our account 

 of the True trouts. 



