THE SMELTS 
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Toddy Pond . — April 17, 1878, Atkins said that he was informed that the smelts 
that ascend Sucker Brook from Toddy Pond were about 4 inches long. A collection 
of 48 specimens examined by the present writer ranged in total length from 2^ to 
4 7 /s inches and averaged 4.1 inches. 
Heart Pond . — In the present writer’s collection are 11 specimens from this pond, 
which range in total length from 3% to 4 inches and average nearly 3% inches. 
UNION RIVER BASIN 
Green Lake . — One hundred and fifty smelts were received by Atkins on April 19, 
1878, from Reeds Pond, as the lake was then called, of which eight averaged nearly 
4.7 inches in total length. He said that the general average would be very little 
above this, for examples of about 4.9 inches occurred. 
A collection made on April 20, 1906, examined by the present writer, consisted 
of 36 specimens, and another made on May 7, contained the same number, making 
72 in all, which ranged in total length from 3jbg to 4^ inches and averaged about 
3.5 inches and 3% inches in each lot, respectively. This collection comprised the 
small form only. A collection of eight individuals taken on March 28 of the same 
year ranged from 5 ) 4 to 6% inches and averaged 5.7 inches. 
ST. CROIX BASIN 
Grand Lake . — Atkins (in 1879) wrote: “The smelts are among the most dimin- 
utive of this genus, averaging in length but little more than two inches.” The present 
writer made a large collection of these little smelts in the salmon traps of the United 
States hatchery at Grand Lake Stream; they ranged from 2.1 to 2% inches and 
averaged about 2^3 inches in length. They were translucent but mature fish, as 
indicated by the presence of well-developed eggs. Among these fish were two 
specimens of a larger form about 3^5 and nearly 4 inches long. 
Location and size of smelt and authorities for same 
Locality 
Size 
Authority 
4 inches 
Bloch, 1796. 
\Y<i or 2 to 10 inches 
Reuter, 1883. 
3 t ’c to 4f inches 
Norrlqvist, 1910. 
12 inches _ . 
Smitt, 1895. 
15% inches . 
Smitt, 1895. 
Do. 
Similar to Wilton Pond, Me 
Chambers, 1903. 
Lac des Isles, Canada 
Dwarfed. _ 
Halkett, 1913. 
6 to 12 or 13 inches ... __ 
“Heathcote” 1895. 
Do 1 
Cheney, 1895. 
Do 
S. F. Lane. 
Do ‘ 
C T V to 10% inches 
Kendall (notes, 1911). 
Lake Champlain (Presberry Point)... 
13 inches __ 
Do. 
Lake Champlain, Vt _ 
Do. 
Sqam Lake, N. H 
Storer, 1857. 
Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H . 
Do. 
Do 
Kendall (notes). 
Lake Massabessic, N. H 
Small form, 4 to 5% inches; average 4% inches ... 
Do. 
Sebago Lake, Me 
Do _ . 
Do'. 
Do . . 
Meserve (in 1898). 
Do 
Large form, 6A to 15 Si inches _ 
Kendall (notes). 
