. British and Irish Salmonidæ. st are recognized, for occasionally the grilse stage of the salmon is sodesignated, but more frequently the same stage,* or even larger examples ofthe sea trout. Sir W. Jardine considered small ones as identical with theliirling of Scotland and the phinoc of the Eden and the Esk, and in this identifi-cation lie was donbtless correct. In the British Channel, they are occasionallytaken near the surface during April and May in the drift mackeial nets, as theseason advances they come nearer inshore, and the smaller ones ascend onr southernrivers during the first June
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. st are recognized, for occasionally the grilse stage of the salmon is sodesignated, but more frequently the same stage,* or even larger examples ofthe sea trout. Sir W. Jardine considered small ones as identical with theliirling of Scotland and the phinoc of the Eden and the Esk, and in this identifi-cation lie was donbtless correct. In the British Channel, they are occasionallytaken near the surface during April and May in the drift mackeial nets, as theseason advances they come nearer inshore, and the smaller ones ascend onr southernrivers during the first June floods, whore they abound during the two succeedingmonths. While from February until June the wltite troiitf rarely exceeding sixinches in length, is often found in company with the river trout. A peal or seatrout, on its arrival in the Teign or Dart, has been observed to soon have itscolours 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 generallylooked on as a stage of the Truff, some considering the latter the more adult form * It has usually been held to occupy dimensions in size and weight intermediate betweensmolt and grilse, or the size of the latter, while in rivers where salmon are numerous peal aremostly scarce, but should the stock of salmon become reduced, peaX generally soon increase innumbers. J. D. B., Field, January 24th, 1885, observed, that a young 3 lb. salmon would bea longer fish than a 4 lb. peal, the scale of the salmon three times larger, and the tail very muchforked, while the tail of the peal would be almost straight across. t The Ermo abounds in white-llsh, peal, and truff, all making their appearance about thetime stated by Old Log, and the relative size of these lish being the same as ho states, but on 166 SiLMONID^
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