. British and Irish Salmonidæ. h MulachCorrie, 14-6 in. long, pectoral 7 J ; female. Loch Ard, 12-8 in. long, GJ; female, Loch Ard, 102 , Gf; female. Loch Ard, 11-9 in. long, 7; male, Loch Ard, llo in. long, Gi; female,Gloucestershire, 105 in. long, or 0 in the total length. 200 SALM0NIDJ3 OF BRITAIN. Dr. Hamilton, , communioatcd to mc the following interesting factswhich came under his immediate observation in 1882. lu the year 1867 twoseparate lochs in Scotland were stocked with trout taken from Loch Morar. One of these latter localities wassituated on a hill, Craig-moor, Inve
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. h MulachCorrie, 14-6 in. long, pectoral 7 J ; female. Loch Ard, 12-8 in. long, GJ; female, Loch Ard, 102 , Gf; female. Loch Ard, 11-9 in. long, 7; male, Loch Ard, llo in. long, Gi; female,Gloucestershire, 105 in. long, or 0 in the total length. 200 SALM0NIDJ3 OF BRITAIN. Dr. Hamilton, , communioatcd to mc the following interesting factswhich came under his immediate observation in 1882. lu the year 1867 twoseparate lochs in Scotland were stocked with trout taken from Loch Morar. One of these latter localities wassituated on a hill, Craig-moor, Inverness-shire, 1500ft. above sea level, it beinga mile and a halt in cir-cumference, and possess-ing a sandy and weedybottom. Here the fishnever attain to a poundsweight, but are long andlanky, rise freely to thefly, and give good sportto the angler. Externallytheir sides and under sur-face have a golden tinge,while they are coveredwith numerous red spots ;having been cooked theflesh cuts white. A femalelOj in. long, examined in. Fig. 47. Creeal appendages49, and also cystic duct of abrook trout from the Wind-rush, ^ natural size. 1882, was found by to have onlytwenty - seven ca?cal ap-pendages, while the lengthof the head was equal tothe height of the body, or5f in that of the totallength. The tail fin wasnearly square at theextremity. The secondlocality, also stocked in18G7 from the same loch,and termed Loch SheanMore, Arisaig, Inverness-shire, is smaller than thepreceding one, and notvery deep, but the wateris dark - coloui-ed, whilethe bottom appears to bo covered with small fish are vciy game, and rise lioldly. The head is very dark, nearly black,the sides yellowish olive, and the eyes prominent. A few (about ten) red spotsare present on each side, and thirteen to fourteen black ones ; having beencooked the flesh is yellowish pink. Dr. Hamilton examined a female lOy , and found forty creeal appendages, while the length of the head wasone-sixth,
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