Class IV. G R E Y. 295 



The Grey, i. e. cinereous Salmo .eriox. Lig. fyft. 509. 144. Grev, 



feu Grifeus. Wil. Icth. 193. Gralax. Faun. Suec. No. 346. 



Raiifyn. pifc. 63. Lachfs-forelJen mit Schwartz- 

 Salmo maculis cinereis, caudae grauen flecken oder punkt- 



extremo sequali. Arted. fy~ chens. Wulff. Borufs. No. 



non, 23. 43. 



WE are uncertain whether this is not a meer 

 variety of the falmon ; but on the autho- 

 rity of Mr. Ray, we defcribe them feparate. He 

 fays it is a very ftrong fifh, that it does not afcend 

 the frefh waters till Anguft, when it rufhes up 

 with great violence, that it is rarely taken, and noc 

 much known. 



The inhabitants of the North of England and 

 of South Wales feem extremely well affured, that 

 it is a diftincl: fpecies from the falmon. They ap- 

 pear in the EJk in Cumberland from July to Sep- 

 tember , and are then in fpavvn. The lower jaw 

 ■ grows hooked, when they are out of feafon. I was 

 informed they never exceeded thirteen pounds in 

 weight*. 



The head is larger in proportion than that of 

 the falmon. In the jaws are four rows of teeth : 

 and on the tongue are eight teeth. The back and 

 fides, above the lateral line, of a deep grey, fpotted 



* I met with a fifh (I fufpetted to be a Grey) taken in the 

 fea near Conivay. It weighed twenty- two pounds, 



U 4 with 



