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larger eye, narrower and flatter interorbital region, 

 broader opercles, and smaller fins. 



The following description of the coloration of 

 four specimens from Crummock Water, each nearly 

 a foot long, was drawn up when they reached the 

 writer, in splendid condition, in the month of 

 October : " Back and sides bluish, with silvery 

 reflections and with numerous pink spots every- 

 where ; faint traces of nine to twelve parr-marks ; 

 belly red ; snout, upper part of head, and sometimes 

 the maxillary blackish ; cheeks and opercles silvery, 

 with shades of blue, green, or pink ; lower jaw, 

 branchiostegals and thoracic region white ; iris 

 golden, pupil black ; dorsal and caudal fins blackish, 

 with or without pale pink spots at the base ; 

 pectoral dusky, tinged with red, sometimes with 

 the upper ray whitish ; pelvics and anal similar, but 

 redder and with strongly marked white anterior 

 edges." 



Specimens from Windermere and Coniston taken 

 earlier in the season (April and May) were silvery, 

 with the back bluish or bright olive, and the fins 

 pale, but towards the autumn the Char of Winder- 

 mere is coloured like those described above from 

 Crummock Water. 



In Windermere the Char inhabit the deeper parts 

 of the lake, but in the summer months, especially 

 towards the evening, they swim at the surface. 

 During the season, from March to September, they 

 are netted in considerable numbers, and are either 

 eaten fresh or used for " potting." They may 

 sometimes be captured by means of a spinning 

 Minnow, but the most deadly way of spinning 

 is from a boat by means of a plumb-line, a long 



