. British and Irish Salmonidæ. Salmonidae. Fig. 32. Head, natural size, of female whitling, 8-2 inches long, Cfecal appendages 50. Fig. 33. Head, natural size, of male whitliny, 11 inches long, cit'cal appendages 40. The Whitling* or Whiting of Cumberland has many local names, being the grilse stage of the salmon-trout (.^ee p. 154). Like the salmon-grilse it has proved a fruitful source of contention to ichthyologists and In July, 1885, the Rev. W. Jackson, , kindly sent me from Carlisle a series of these fishes, furnishing a most complete chain of examples passing from S. tnitta
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. Salmonidae. Fig. 32. Head, natural size, of female whitling, 8-2 inches long, Cfecal appendages 50. Fig. 33. Head, natural size, of male whitliny, 11 inches long, cit'cal appendages 40. The Whitling* or Whiting of Cumberland has many local names, being the grilse stage of the salmon-trout (.^ee p. 154). Like the salmon-grilse it has proved a fruitful source of contention to ichthyologists and In July, 1885, the Rev. W. Jackson, , kindly sent me from Carlisle a series of these fishes, furnishing a most complete chain of examples passing from S. tnitta on one hand to S. far in on the other. They were individnally between 7 and 11 inches in length, and seven of them clearly belonged to the white ti'out, Salmon albus, of Pennant, which is also known as The following is a brief summary of these fish. No. 1, male, 11 inches long, ca;cal pylori 40, length of head 5^ in the entire length, three teeth on hind margin of head of vomer, 12 along its body in a zig- zag line. Silvery with black spots above the lateral-line, and two irregular rows below it: dorsal fin with a few black spots along its summit and base : pectoral dark edged, the other fins diaphanous. No. 2, female, 9-5 inches long, csecal pylori 4G ; length of head 5 the entire length. Teeth on vomer as in last. Silvery with black spots, dorsal fin dai^k-spotted and candal black edged. Many sea lice * Stoddart observed of the Esk, that " in summer a few sea trout, answering the description of whitlings, and weighing from 1 ik to 8 lb., push their way up, and are generally killed. After them, in July and August, succeed the herlings, and lastly, the bills or ; ..." The far- famed bull trout of Tarras, a tributary of the Esk, were merely biUs, and, when ' ta'en in season,' herlings or whitens, the latter being another local name for the same description of fish " (p. 230). f Pennant, in 1776, remarked that "this species migrates out of
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