36 BRITISH SPORTING FISH. 



" The bucks and roes as well as the old swine 

 are now extinct, but the good Bull-Trout is still 

 famous." 



All laws relating to Salmon apply equally to the 

 Bull-Trout and its young, under whatever local 

 names they may be known. 



Principal Characteristics of tlie BuU-Troui (in addition to 

 those- already given in preceding chapter). — Length of head 

 compared to body only, as i to 4 ; general form of body similar 

 to that of the Salmon, but nape of neck and shoulders thicker, 

 and fleshy portion of tail and base of each of the fins more 

 muscular. Teeth of female smaller than those of male. Elon- 

 gation of lower jaw confined to the males only ; not so con- 

 spicuous as in the Salmon. Scales rather smaller and more 

 numerous th.an those of a Salmon of equal size. Colour : when 

 in good condition like that of the Salmon-Trout : at spawning- 

 time, (in the males) head olive-brown, body reddish- or orange- 

 brown ; (in the females') blackish grey ; in both fish the back- 

 fins reddish brown, spotted with darker brown, tail-fins dark 

 brown, the other fins dusky brown. Vertebra; commonly 59, 

 occasionally 60. 



Fin-rays: D. 11 : P. 14 : V. 9 : A. 11 : C. 19. 



