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Sea-Trout 



different in colour, having red spots, and being much redder all over. 

 Judging from the specimens of these sea-trout which I saw, I have no 

 hesitation in stating that they are exactly the same as we have on the 

 Tay. It is thus most confusing that in almost every locality the same 

 fish should be called by different names, at different periods, simply 

 because they change their colour with the seasons. I wonder what an 



FIG. 179. Gill of a 2O-lb. Salmon which has spawned and returned as a clean fish, showing maggots on 



gill, which is partly eaten away. 



ornithologist would say if we called the ptarmigan white grouse in the 

 winter, yellow grouse in the breeding season, and grey grouse in the 

 autumn, simply from its colour ! 



The sea-trout in summer is silvery, in autumn grey with more 

 spots showing, and in the spawning season red. I do not think it 

 advisable to encourage large sea-trout in the clean state for sport- 

 ing purposes, for when they grow large they seldom take fly, and in 

 the kelt state rise freely and will take almost any bait. I attribute the 



