. British and Irish Salmonidae. Salmon. Pig. 38. Head of female Peal, 12J inolies long. Under the designation of Peal, two distinct species of salmonoid fishes along our south coast are recognized, for occasionally the grilse stage of the salmon is so designated, but more frequently the same stage,* or even larger examples of the sea trout. Sir W. Jardine considered small ones as identical with the hirling of Scotland and the phinoc of the Eden and the Bsk, and in this identifi- cation he was doubtless correct. In the British Channel, they are occasionally taken near the surface during April a
. British and Irish Salmonidae. Salmon. Pig. 38. Head of female Peal, 12J inolies long. Under the designation of Peal, two distinct species of salmonoid fishes along our south coast are recognized, for occasionally the grilse stage of the salmon is so designated, but more frequently the same stage,* or even larger examples of the sea trout. Sir W. Jardine considered small ones as identical with the hirling of Scotland and the phinoc of the Eden and the Bsk, and in this identifi- cation he was doubtless correct. In the British Channel, they are occasionally taken near the surface during April and May in the drift mackeral nets, as the season advances they come nearer inshore, and the smaller ones ascend our southern rivers during the first June jftoods, where they abound during the two succeeding months. While from February until June the white troutf rarely exceeding six inches in length, is often found in company with the river trout. A peal or sea trout, on its arrival in the Teign or Dart, has been observed to soon have its colours assimilated to those of the pool or stream in which it takes up its abode, while its form is exactly similar to that of the Welsh Fig. 39. Head, natural size, of female White-fish, 12'4 inches long from the Teign. The White-fish of Devonshire streams as the Dart and Teign are generally looked on as a stage of the Trufi", some considering the latter the more adult form * It has usually been held to occupy dimensions in size and weight intermediate between smolt and grilse, or the size of the latter, while in rivers where salmon are numerous peal are mostly scarce, but should the stock of salmon become reduced, peal generally soon increase in numbers. J. D. B., Field, January 24th, 1885, observed, that " a young 3 lb. salmon would be a longer fish than a 4 lb. peal, the scale of the salmon three times larger, and the tail very much forked, while the tail of the peal would be almost straight ; t "The Erm
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