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the pectoral fin ; the length of the last ray is two-thirds of the length 

 of the base. The ventral fin extends nearly to the vent ; caudal very 

 broad, sHghtly emarginate. 



Head, upper parts, and fins brownish -black ; lower parts with an 

 orange-coloured tinge in. the male ; sides with very small, light in- 

 conspicuous spote. Anterior margins of the lower fins white or light 

 orange-coloured . 



Loch KUlin, Inverness -shire. 



a-f. Adult, from 10 to 15 inches long. Presented by J. Gould, Esq 



Obtained in October. 

 g. Adult : stuffed. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



6. Salmo willughbii. 



The Charr of Windermere. 



Charr, WiUnghhy, Hist, Pise. p. 196; Pen?i. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 267, or 



redit. 1812) iii. p. 407 (part.) ; YarreU, Brit. Fish. Srd edit. p. 241 



(part.). 

 Salmo alpinus, Donov. Brit. Fish. pi. 61 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 104. 

 S^lmo umbla, Thompson, Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1840, vi. p. 4.39 



(part.). 

 Salmo willughbii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 46, pi. 5, and 186-3, 



p. 11. 



D. 12-13. A. 12. P. 13-14. V. 9-10. L. lat. 165. 

 Vert. 59-62. Caec. pyl. 32-44. 



Body compressed, slightly elevated, its greatest depth being one- 

 fourth of the distance of the snout from the end of the middle caudal 

 rays ; the length of the head is a little more than one-half of the dis- 

 tance between the snout and the vertical from the origin of the dorsal. 

 Head compressed ; interorbital space convex, its veidth being less 

 than twice the diameter of the eye. Jaws of the male of equal length 

 anteriorly ; teeth of moderate strength, four in each intermaxillary, 

 twenty in each maxillary. Length of the pectoral less than that of 

 the head, much more than one-half of the distance between its root 

 and that of the ventral. The height of the dorsal fin equals the 

 length of the head (without snout). Sides with red dots ; beUy red ; 

 pectoral, ventral, and anal with white margins. 



Lake of Windermere ; Loch Bruiach (Scotland). 



a-h. Eleven inches long. Windermere. Presented by Sir J. Richard- 

 son. — Types of the species. Vert. 59 ; csec. pyl. 32-35. 



c. Ten inches long : stufied. Cumberland. 



d. Young : skin, in bad state. Cumberland. From Mr. Yarrell's 



Collection. 



e. Several specimens, from 7 to 8 inches long. Loch Bruiach. Pre- 



sented by Lord Lovat.— Vert. 61-62 ; csec. pyl. 39-44. 



Description of a Male specimen (spec. a). 

 Head and body compressed, slightly elevated ; its greatest depth, 

 which is below the origin of the dorsal fin, is contained four times 

 in the total length (to the end of the middle caudal rays). The least 



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