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THE RIVER-SIDE NATURALIST. 



"According to Sir W. Jardine, the fry of the common 

 trout, S. fario, may always be distinguished from that of 

 either of the three migratory species, by its having the 

 extremity of the second dorsal or adipose fin fringed with 

 orange a mark easily identified." 



Mr. Shaw (keeper to the Duke of Buccleuch) was really 

 the first person who demonstrated the identity of the 

 salmon and parr. He gives the following representations' 

 of the salmon-parr, sea-trout parr, and river-trout parr : 



1. The Salmon-Parr (S. salar}. 



2. The Sea-Trout-Parr (S. trutta\ 



3. The Trout-Parr (S.fario). 



Putting aside the internal evidences of distinction be- 

 tween the different kinds of parr, that which is most 

 essential to the angler is the external appearance by which 

 he would be able at once to recognise whether he was 

 doing a legal or an illegal act by basketing the fish he 

 has caught. As far as we can judge from studying the 

 evidences of various writers, it appears that : 



In the salmon-parr the body is long and graceful ; the 

 head and snout longer ; the parr-marks (transverse dark 

 bands) very distinct, and separated by broad intervals ; the 



