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tnigratory Trout ; Mr. Shaw states that the young 

 of the Salmon-trout, at the age of six months, bear 

 no very marked resemblance to the young of the 

 real Salmon either in the Parr or fry state, and that 

 as they advance in age and size the resemblance be- 

 comes still slighter. Their resemblance to the young 

 of the Common Trout, is, however, very striking. 



Pennant first described as British what he called 

 the White Trout^ and it was afterwards noticed at 

 greater length by Dr. Fleming, Sir William Jardine, 

 and other writers, under the name of S. alius. 

 Ichthyologists are now agreed that this is nothing 

 more than the Salmon-trout, after being for a time 

 in the sea, and returning to fresh water. In this 

 state they are called Herlings or Whitlings, some- 

 times Phinocks. " After they enter the rivers, and 

 have remained there a short time, they lose their 

 silvery appearance, the spots become more apparent, 

 the ventral and anal fins become dusky ; the flesh, 

 "which previously had a reddish tinge and delicate 

 flavour, now becomes white and insipid, and the 

 whole fish soon assumes a lank and unwholesome 

 appearance. In this condition, on their return again 

 to the sea, in the months of January and February, 

 numbers are taken in the Forth above Stirling, as 

 well as in the Tay, and sent to the Edinburgh mar- 

 ket, where they are named Lammasmens^ and are 

 sold at the rate of about sevenpence per pound. * 



It is unnecessary to mention localities for a fish 

 fio generally distributed as the Salmon- trout. The 

 ♦ Parnell's Fishes of the Firth of Forth, p. 296. 



