1. SAIMO. 15 



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



Mr. Pamell's Collection. 

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



Mr. Parnell's Collection (S. salmulus) ; caught in the month of 



August. 

 T-^. From 6 to 7| inches, in spirits. River Kulder, Northumber- 

 land. Presented by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland. 



Vernacular name. Rack-sliders ; males with the milt matured. 

 y^/. Many specimens, 5-6 inches, in spirits. Tweed. Presented by 



his Grace the Duke of Roxburgh. 

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



From Mr. Parnell's Collection. 

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

 hh. Two inches and three-quarters, in spirits. Firth of Forth, 

 cc. From 4| to 6 inches, skins. North Esk River, Forfarshire. 



From Mr. Parnell's Collection ; partly as S. salmulus, partly as 



S. salar. 

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



Stevens. 

 ee. Four inches and a half, skin. From Mr. TarreLl's Collection, 



" St. John's beck." 

 //. Fry, 1 inch long, without umbilical sac. Tweed, month of 



May. 



CoNinrENTAL Specimens. 



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

 Baker 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, externally not differing from a normally developed 

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

 half-digested herring. Caec. pyl. 77. 



a. Head of &.n advJt specimen. River Nid near Arendal, Norway. 

 Presented by Prof. N. St. Maskelyne. 



NOETH AmEEICAN SPECIMENS. 



TcTc-nn. Dried heads of adult males and females. 



OSTEOLOGT; 



00-pp. Skulls of adult females. Rhine. From Dr. A. Giinther's 



Collection. 

 qq. Skull of an adult male. Berlin. 

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



Allies, Esq. 



The diagnosis given above will contain nearly all the charactei:s 

 by which the European Salmon may be distinguished from the other 



