SOMERSETSHIRE FAUNA. 105 
Sawrry Pıke is rare. I have seen only one specimen, 
which was taken at Stolford at the end of July. It was 
sixteen inches long. 
Fryıns Fıst. Two or three have been found at 
Burnham ; perhaps driven on shore by rough winds. I 
copy the following from Dr. Fleming’s “ History of British 
Animals ” :— 
“A single example of Exocetus Voltans, or Flying 
Fish, was caught at a small distance below Caermarthen, 
in the river Towy, in June, 1765. . . . Another in 
July, 1823, ten miles from Bridgwater, in the Bristol 
Channel, & notice of which was communicated to the 
Linnzan Society, by the Rev. S. L. Jacob, of Wool- 
avington.” 
SALMON ascend many of the rivers of the county to 
spawn. They visit the Parret in May, June, and a few 
in July and August, but perhaps not for this purpose ; 
the condition of their roe, and the time of the year, seem 
to imply that some other instinct brings them into this 
muddy river at this season: We make the same com- 
plaint that is heard in the vicinity of other salmon 
rivers, namely, that salmon were formerly much more 
plentiful than now. 
SALMON PEEL, SALMON TRoUT, and BurL TRrourT 
OF AUTHORS, are also taken in the Parret, in its estuary, 
and along the coast; and the PARR and Common TRoUT 
are in most of our fresh water rivers and streams. Very 
many books have been written on the genus Salmo, and 
of late years much has been done, through careful investi- 
gation, to lessen the confusion of supposed species and 
varieties of this genus ; but there is still much more to be 
done to make the subject intelligible to inquisitive natu- 
ralists. The number of species in our books is reduced, 
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