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the advent of the larger shad, Alosa communis, the Allice 

 Shad. Buckland says the twaite is distinguished from 

 the other native species by its having distinct teeth in both 

 jaws, and by a row of rather large dusky spots along each 

 side of the body ; while in the allice shad there is only 

 one spot, and that close to the side of the upper part of 



THE TWAITE SHAD. 



the gill-cover. The allice is a much larger fish, found in 

 the Wye and Severn. Day says that the twaite shad 

 is very capricious of taking a bait in the Severn, being 

 occasionally hooked at almost any cast, at another time 

 playing around the bait, but refusing to touch it. When 

 hooked it affords some play. 



