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sporadic or accidental. But in the case of the trout now living in 

 Loch Enoch, and those which formerly lived in Loch-na-Maorachan, 

 the affection seems of a truly endemic nature, and is pretty sure to 

 be in some way connected with the environment, though not trace- 

 able either to the softness of the water or the roughness of the 

 bottom. 



Explanation of the Plates. 

 PLATE III. 



Fig. i. Normally developed trout from Loch-na-Maorachan. 

 Reduced to i. In this and in the other specimens the colour 

 is faded by light and preservation in spirit. 



Fig. 2. Docked-tailed example from the same lake. Reduced to -f. 



PLATE IV. 



Fig. i. Trout from River Carron with distorted caudal fin. 

 Reduced to J. 



Fig. 2. Another specimen with the fins still more malformed. 

 Reduced to f . 



PLATE V. 



Fig. i. Docked-tailed trout from Loch Enoch. Natural size. 



Fig. 2. Outline of posterior extremity of body in a small specimen 

 from Loch-na-Maorachan. 



Fig. 3. Skeleton of caudal extremity of the specimen represented 

 in Plate III. Fig 2. Magnified. 



Fig. 4. Structure of anal fin in the same specimen. 



NOTES ON THE FRESHWATER FISHES 

 OF THE SOLWAY AREA. 



By Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart., F.L.S. 



PERMIT me to add the following notes to Mr. Service's 

 interesting paper in your first number. 



Cyprinus earpio. THE CARP. Inhabits a small piece of water 

 called Laggan Loch, in Glasserton Parish, Wigtonshire, where it 

 grows to a large size. It was introduced to this lonely lake, far 

 from any house, by Admiral Stewart, early in the century. 



