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been taken in the Little Dee up to a, weight of 15 lbs. Sewen 

 have been taken in the Severn at Shrewsbury in May, 1907, and 

 on sevci-al more reeent occasions fish of one or other varieties 

 of Sea Trout have been seen ascending the weir there in large 

 numbers. No doubt many of these would ascend into Mont- 

 gomeryshire. 



Great Lake Tkout, S. ferox. Jard. — Catherall's Handbook to 

 North Wales mentions this fish as occurring in Llyn Bugail and 

 M^vyngil ; also in Llyn-y-Cae at the foot of Cader Idris. Rev. 

 W. S. Symonds in Records of the Rocks, p. 108, states that Sir 

 Philip Egerton took it in Bala Lake in 1871. 



Black-Finned, or Hog-Backed Troft. S. nigripinnis. 

 Giinth. — Yarrell received from P. Bucldey Williams, Esq., of 

 Pemiant, Montg., a notice of the Hog-backed Trout which he 

 states was taken occasionally in Lljm Bugail, about one-third up 

 the west side of Plinlimmon. 



Red-Finned Trout. — Mi-, C. E. Munro Edwards Avrites that the 

 Trout in Llyn-y-cac on Cader Idris has nothing to do with the 

 " Redfin " described by Mr. Gallichan, the latter being caught 

 only between March and May in the streams running into the 

 Barmouth Estuary. It is also taken in the Dovey and Glaslyn 

 rivers and is without doubt the " smolt " oi S. cambricus on its 

 way down to the sea. The Trout in Llyn-y-cae is a sporting little 

 fish (never exceeding |-lb. in weight) of silvery hue and red spots 

 - — not red fins. The " red-fin "or '" orange-fin " of the Wnion and 

 other rivers in the district rarely attain J-lb. in the " smolt " 

 stage. 



Salmo Eriox. This migrating trout frequents the Mawddach 

 and Wnion rivers in the autumn and also occurs in the Dovey. 

 The Welsh name Pysgod y ddeilen (Fish of the leaves) is derived 

 from its appearance in the autumn when the leaves are falling. 



Loch Leven Trout. 8. levenensis. Walker. — Abound in the 

 lake at Glascoed which supplies St. Asaph city with water. 

 (W. A. Rogers). 



American Brook Trout. S. Jontinalis. — Rev. C. Harington 

 informs me that in 1907-8 he caught several of these in JAjn 

 Tarw, on the hills above Caersws (Montg.), where he believes the 

 species had been introduced by Lord Joicey. 



116. — WELSH CHAR. Salmo alpinusperisii. Giinth. 



Occurs in three lakes in Carnarvonshire and one or two in Merioneth. 



There has been much confusion as to the waters in which Cliar 

 are taken o\sdng to the erratic spelling of Welsh names by the 

 early WTiters. Ray mentions one habitat as Travennin lake, 



