. British and Irish Salmonidæ. est coasts, 5 males gave 34, 35, 39, 43, 47;3 females 38, 45, 47 ; and 11, of which the sex is not recorded, 33, 37, 38, 41, 41, 42, 42, 43, 43,48, 52 ; and 1 Irish male example 40, showing variations from 33 to 52. Mr. Willis Bund, SalmonrrohJciii!!, p. 181, remarked on an example 49 inches long from the Usk, which had 48 f In the Ri2>ort of the Commissioners in 1860, the .sewin was said by one witness to be destituteo£ spots, but the bull trout to be spotted. J In this neighbourhood the brook trout are rather vividly coloured. Eapid streams
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. est coasts, 5 males gave 34, 35, 39, 43, 47;3 females 38, 45, 47 ; and 11, of which the sex is not recorded, 33, 37, 38, 41, 41, 42, 42, 43, 43,48, 52 ; and 1 Irish male example 40, showing variations from 33 to 52. Mr. Willis Bund, SalmonrrohJciii!!, p. 181, remarked on an example 49 inches long from the Usk, which had 48 f In the Ri2>ort of the Commissioners in 1860, the .sewin was said by one witness to be destituteo£ spots, but the bull trout to be spotted. J In this neighbourhood the brook trout are rather vividly coloured. Eapid streams androcky beds are the general rule in our brooks, which is against size, but the fish are beautifullymarked and of excellent flavour * * the season for the sewin is from June to July. § Dr. Ciiinthcr docs not include it among Scotch fishes, but two examples presented to theNational collection by Mr. Godman, and obtained from the River Elkey, in Eoss-shire, are labelledas Salmo camlricKs. SEA TROUT—PEAL AND WHITE-FISH. 165. Fig. 38. Head of female Peal, 12^ inches long. Under the designation of Peal, two distinct species of salmonoid fishes alongour south coast 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
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