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]-OCH }<ATR1NE. — ^LLEN'S JsLE. 



Order IV. 

 PHVSOiiTOML 



Family 

 &ALi\10NIDM. 



Sub-generic Group — Salmones. 



fioCHLEVEN ■'IrOUT. 



{Salmo IcvoicJisis.) 



Salmo levenensis, 



Salmo ccE-cifer, 

 Loch I even Trout, 



Walker, Wern. Mem. i p. 541; Yarrkll, ii. p. 117; Gunther's 



Cat. vi. p. loi. 

 Parnell, Fish. Firth of Forth, Wern. Mem. vii. p. 306. 

 Richardson, Faun. Bor.-Amer. Pise. p. 143; Yarretx, ii. p. 117; 



Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 243, pi. 220. ' 



THE Lochleven Trout takes its name from the lake, on which stands the ruined castle in 

 which the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned; but, though this lake is the 

 one most noted for this fish, the Lochleven Trout occurs also in Loch Scone, the river Forth, 

 and a branch of Loch Lomond ; the Lake of Windermere and the Rothay river are also 

 mentioned as localities by Dr. Giinther. "It has been supposed," says Couch, "that this is 

 one of the many varieties in which the Common Trout is prone to appear, as influenced by 

 differences in water and food ; but observers who have been well qualified to form an opinion, 

 such as Dr. Parnell, Mr. Yarrell, and Sir John Richardson," (to which names I may add that 

 of Giinther}, "have confidently decided that it is a distinct species. From several particulars 



