92 SALMON. 



fingerling, black-tip, blue-fin, scad, shed, gravelling, last-brood, hepper, last-spring, spawn, 

 skirling or scarling, fry ; many of these however include the young of other migratory Sahnonidcc. 

 In some parts of Ireland, as at Lough Melvin, a Salmon parr is called a Jenkins. The term 

 grilse or Salmon-peal denotes a fish on its first return from the sea; the former word is 

 probably a corruption of the Swedish gmelax, "a grey lax," i.e. "a grey Salmon." Kelt applies 

 to a Salmon, whether male or female, after spawning, but the male is also specially dis- 

 tinguished by the term kipper; the female is called shedder or baggit. 

 The fin-ray formula of the Salmon is 



Dorsal 14. 

 Pectoral 14. 

 Ventral 9. 

 Anal 1 1 . 



The figure of the adult male fish is from a specimen which weighed twenty-four pounds 

 and three quarters. 



The Grilse, or young Salmon, is from a specimen weighing seven pounds. 

 The figure of the Parr is on the plate with the Smelt. 



