VARIOUS RECORDED FORMS. 



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Prior to commencing a detailed description of the various species of British 

 Salmonlda^ it will be necessary to take a brief but general survey of the fifhes of 

 which It IS composed, especially as regards their external form, internal or'anLa- 

 tion, and some of their natural functions. oi^^miza,- 



and found in the sea and in rivers L?4lvfn..l*^=f,-' '^•"'™? "''°-''' '"^eluding ,5'. cambrkus, 



stomach acquired a thickness similartotirS^sofbh^s '^'""^''^ ^^^ ""^'^ °* "^ 



(2)i'(™«;r(3t?v'^^r "-^ "" '''"'"" ^^■^•""'^"'"" ^"-^ 1834. only admitted (1) SaUno salar ; 



^ina^t=i:srl;;^H£Sn S^'^^ 

 £sa£v^r:^l^£f=£-^--";:^:^^^^ 



or samlet, S. ^auLlus ; 5) thT^omn on t out '^ >;„ fl n^^n^^^^ *'°",'',*- "•«""' (^) '!>« P^^^ 

 in a later edition (7) the Loch LevTn tr"ut?5wtcS " ^'''' '"''' "■°"*' *'• ■^"■"•^ ' ^'"^ 



his^wfiispe^jLS: =-°.''Hf:tid^i^if;^^ii^-^^f-; ts-i-^^""7 ^- 

 S;s^ ^2r^n st:s -;^ rS rS'-{r r " "^- -^ 



S. truiu,, which is likewise the same as ««/?», o FU^ ■ •''^"yf^/"'^ ^arrell ; (3) salmon trout, 

 (C) the Loch Leven trout °^ Fleming; (4) the par; (5) the common trout ; 



hesitation in considering nit only distinct but one nfth^ho'P a * \ ° ^^"'^^ ^^ ^""^ "°' »"? 

 which we have. ^ aistmct, but one of the best and most constantly marked species 



in ^f (iMhe^^^o^ saL^M2Ui:fs^"'{i:;^t"m'^:'l'fr ^''""1 ^^«-' -"--'^'' 

 trout ; (5) the great lake trout! ' ' ' '^"^ """^ "'^ ^'^''^ '"^O"'; (^) ^^^ common 



Knox in 1835 added Salmo estimyius 



(2, t^h^^'r;";. t\rti^'u[:s:^.?;:r(%fhflrmlTouf^^^^^ ''^ ^^'■^''°' '-'"^-^ ^'^^ p-= 



ama.o. Which variety he recorded■hLL*m:f.rh^*^m^ 



as mo^:^:}Z:. SIX l^iSSn I^JL^'^^^TT ''''\ ^1'^' *^ ^-- ^'^'- 

 head of the vomer and also along itrbod; the po erbi otwh^oM'^H ^ "'■' ^^'"^ '^^"» °° "^« 

 S«Zr<;;»» or chars with the vomerine teeth n nfl „,;!t ! -^.^ I''.""; '""=°°"= '"''^ ™t'i age : and 



former were subdivided in ac3aLewth the i 'habit' 7,? "'"* V^' ^''^^ °^ ^'''^' ^°"'- ^he 

 migrate from the sea into fres^iX o breed and t^^^^ "anadromous ' forms or such as 



described the following as species :-l^a°lromous forms "°"-'";8^a*'"7 fesh-water forms. He 

 appendages, 51 to 77; (2) .S\ «w«(«<rC,Pr 3 fi r? /i V, ''"" '"J,'"'' Vertebras 59-60, Cffcal 

 (4) S. orcadcmis, Vert. 5G-57 S nvl 60 " ra If '; '^ ^^ '"■ir'"' ^"•'- ^^-'^^' C««- Pyl- 43-01 ; 

 cambricus, Vert. 59, Ca;c pyl 33 52 Wl.il'p * Al ''""■''•'«^°'««' Vert. 59, Csc. pyl. 45-47; (6) S. 



59-60, C»c. pyl. 33-46, southern variety ,;„;o;j,\-*e^.i ^-'ThT'^'V^.'^'l''"'"'"'''^'' ^"•'• 

 56-57, Ciec. pyl. 43-49 ; (10) S stommZ, nT V^:-t rl,\f'f' C«c lyl. 38-47 ; 9) .S. /«ur. Vert. 



under sev°eral names it exists in crsdelbliLunlan^e' ,f ""^^ he ermed P™?,and observed tha 

 Island; (3) S. cambrics or sewin (4X'™„rf m^Wh^^^^^^ the whole extent of the British 

 with the so-called hybrids of the el n , f ? Zm nf TV° ^T^'f "' '^^'"'^""y "'^"t^^^l 

 asserted to be more l tish of the north than thp"!,.^,; ^' /'ll""' '^''"°° *"»«• «'l"*^li he 

 ''"C'i^"^t''T;'r'^"',°'-^--S-^°^ and seemed to be 



^i^i<^^'^:^<::t/:^!;,^':^.^t^^i:z^ to be 



(2) sea trout, ,S'. tnUta and its several varieties a the S ook t™n7*rl H ^"^°"' *'"""" ""'"•'• 

 char, ,S'. alpinus; and (4) the American chas' L,/^, trout, Lochleven trout, &c. ; (3) the 



culturists. ^ ' ^™^"«a" cnai, ,S. Joutuiuhs, which had been acclimatized by fish- 



