1. 8ALM0. 2" 



p. From 5i-6|- inches, skins. River Swale, Yorkshire. From 



Mr. Parnell's Collection. 

 a. Five inches and a half, skins. River Esk, Cumberland, From 

 Mr. ParneU s CoUection {8. salmuJus) ■ caught in the month of 

 August. 

 r-<p. From 6 to 7| inches, in spirits. River Kulder, Northumber- 

 land. Presented by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland 

 Veruacidar name, Rach-sliders ; males with the milt matured' 



^- -^any specimens 5-6 inches, in spirits. ^ Tweed. Presented by 

 his Grace the Duke of Roxburgh. ^ 



u>. A great number of skins, from 4 to 7 inches long. River Tweed 

 From Mr. Parnell's CoUection. 



aa. Five inches and a half, in spirits. Berwick, month of May. 



bb. Iwo inches and three-quarters, in spirits. Firth of Forth 



cc. irom 4| to 6 inches skins. Jforth Esk River, Forfarshire. 

 ^Tzfl^""' ^^''''^^^ Collection ; partly as ^S-. sahmdus, partly as 



dd. From 4 to 6 inches, in spirits. Scotland. Purchased of Mr 

 btevens. 



ee. i^our inches and a half, skin. From Mr. YarreU's CoUection 

 " ht. John s beck. 



•^■^' "^7' ^ ^^^^ ^^"^' "^^^^^t umbiUcal sac. Tweed, month of 



Continental Specimens. 



gg. Male, 37 inches long, stuifed. Calais. Presented by Captain 

 Jsaker Bridge. ^ 



hh. Female 36 inches long. Denmark. Presented by the Copen- 

 hagen Museum. This specimen is of great interest, as, although 

 apparently caught in the month of November, the ova are not 

 developed and only of the size of a millet-seed ; it is a barren 

 individual externaUy not differing from a normally developed 

 fea mon. It was caught in the sea, as its stomach contained a 

 nalt-digested herrmg. Ctec. pyl. 77. 



M. Head of an adult specimen. River Nid near Arendal, Norwav 

 Presented by Prof. N. St. Maskelyne. ^' 



North Amekican Specimens. 

 l-h-mi. Dried heads of adult males and females. 



Osteology. 



oo^p SkuUs of adult females. Rhine. From Dr. A. Giinther's 



Collection. 

 qq. SkuU of an adult male. BerUn. 

 rr. Skeleton of an adult male. River Severn. Presented bv F 



AUies, Esq. •' 



The diagnosis given above will contain nearly aU the characters 

 by which the European Salmon maybe distinguished from tlie other 



