. British and Irish Salmonidæ. Salmonidae. SI-]A TROUT-IIAIUTAT AND STZI-: OF. 181 and grilse, wlillo in the Forth iiml Tay and other large rivers difTieult of access in the north the l)ull trout is ahnost a stranger. 11 is also present in the rivers along the north-east coast of England, more especially the Coquet, Tyne, Tees, and Wear. It is less frequent on the\vest coast of Scotland than on the east. In Yorksluro very abundant along the coast and present in all the rivers frequented 1)y the salmon (Yorkshire Vertebrata). In Norfolk it is frequently taken in the Ouso and the estuary (Lowe),
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. Salmonidae. SI-]A TROUT-IIAIUTAT AND STZI-: OF. 181 and grilse, wlillo in the Forth iiml Tay and other large rivers difTieult of access in the north the l)ull trout is ahnost a stranger. 11 is also present in the rivers along the north-east coast of England, more especially the Coquet, Tyne, Tees, and Wear. It is less frequent on the\vest coast of Scotland than on the east. In Yorksluro very abundant along the coast and present in all the rivers frequented 1)y the salmon (Yorkshire Vertebrata). In Norfolk it is frequently taken in the Ouso and the estuary (Lowe), and the " Fordwich trout " from Kent is of the northern form. Sewin, S. cambricus, is generally found in the south of England and in Wales extending up the west coast of England, but in Cumberland salmon- trout appear to bo most numerous. In Ireland it is common around the coast, and there the salmon-tront, 8. trutta, are likewise found. In 1873 Frank Buckland, Familiar Ristory of British Fishes, having observed that "it has been supposed by some that the sea trout and bull trout are identical," Avhich views he held to be erroneous, although he found it to bo impossible to explain their differences in writing, and considered the practical test to be the boiling-pot. The flesh of the sea trout he held to be red and savoury : that of the bull trout white, leather-like and insipid. He believed that the bull trout were gradually gaining ground on the salmon owing to the presence^ of weirs, the mesh of the nets being too large, and their getting first to the spawning beds. That the bull trout being stronger tlian a salmon, should some of both species arrive at a weir, the former will surmount the obstacle, leaving the latter below. He observed that there were no bull trout in the Lune, Clwyd, Seiont, Cleddy, Avon (Somerset), Avon (Devon), Frome, Avon (Hants), Stour. No increase in the Dee, Teifi, Wye, Taw and Torridge, Teign, Tees, Otter, Exe, Camel, Tamar and
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