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ing,the whole way ; tail slightly forked ; back and sides 

 with numerous red spots. — Linn.^ Block., pt. i. pi. 22 and 

 23 ; Penn. Brit Zool, iii. p. 399 ; Bon. Brit. Fish., pi. 85. 

 Jenyns' Brit. Vert.., p. 424 ; Jardine's Illust. Brit. Salm., 

 pis. 5 and 12 ; Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 85. 

 Sp. 128. S. Levenensis. Lochleven Trout. Vomerine teeth 

 extending the whole way ; caudal fin lunate ; body with- 

 out red spots. — Walker, Yarr. Brit. Fish., ii. 117. S. 

 caecifer, Parnell, Mem. Wern. Soc, vii. 306, pi. 30. 

 Sp. 129. S. ferox. Great Lake Trout. Free edge of the 

 gill-cover rounded in the female, angular below in the 

 male ; vomerine teeth extending the whole length ; body 

 covered with dark spots surrounded by a pale ring ; tail 

 square at the extremity. Jardine, Encyc. Brit., art. Ang- 

 ling; Illust. BHt. Sulm. pi. 4 ; Yair. Brit. Fish., ii. 110 ; 

 Jenyns"* Brit. Vert., p. 425. 

 Sp. 130. S. savelinus. The Charr. Vomerine teeth con- 

 fined to the anterior extremity ; axillary scale about one 

 third the length of the ventrals ; body spotted with white 

 or red. — Linn., Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 112. Torgoch, Fhm. 

 Brit. An. ; Yarr. Biit. Fish., ii. p. 121. S. umbla, Bloch, 

 pt. iii. pi. 101 ; Cuv. Reg. An. S. alpinus, Bloch, pt. iii. 

 pi. 104 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 61 ; Flem. Brit. An., 

 p. 180. 

 Gen. LXVI. Osmerus. Body elongated and rather slender, 

 scales not very large, vomerine teeth confined to the anterior 

 part ; insertion of the ventral fins on a line with the com- 

 mencement of the first dorsal ; branchiostegous rays eight. 

 Sp. 131. 0. eperlanm. Smelt, or Spkling. Under jaw 

 longest ; depth of the body not equal to the length of the 

 head ; first ray of the dorsal half-way between the point 

 of the upper jaw and the base of the middle caudal ray ; 

 pectoral fins long and narrow ; tail slender and deeply 

 forked. Fin-rays, D. 11 : P. 11 : V. 8 : A. 15 : C. 19. 

 Colour of the upper parts of the body pale ash-green, all 

 the other parts silvery white of a very brilliant lustre ; fins 

 white, tinged with yellow, ends of the caudal rays tipped 



