HABITS AM» II A I NTS. 15.') 



line of imiini of the ujjfrnilinn with \\\v. suh-opcrrulinii aiul the; 

 inferior nuir^iii of tl»e suh-opficulnin aic ohliciiu', forming; a 

 eonsidenihle iinj^U' with the axis of the Ixxly of the tisli. 'I'he 

 po-stcrior edjje of the pre-uperculum rounded, not sinuous, as in 

 the IJuU Trout. The teetli are more sUmuKm- as well as more 

 nunierons than in tin- Salmon or Hull Trout ; thost* on thi' 

 vomer e\tendini; alonj; a threat part dt" the Irnijtli, and indent- 

 ing the tonjftu" dei-ply hetwccn the two rows of teetli that are 

 tliere plaeed, owv row aloni; eaeh side. The tail is h-ss forked 

 at the sam(> age than that of tlu> Salmon, hut heeonu-s like it 

 scjuare at tlu- end, aftir the third yeai-. The >i/e and surface of 

 the tail also is mneh smalKr than that of the Salmon, from the 

 shortness of the caudal rays. 



"The habits of this sj)eeies are also very like those of the 

 Salmim, and the fenuiles arc said to run tip the rivers before 

 tlu- males. Sir AVilliam Jardine says : ' In approaching the 

 entrance of rivers, or in seeking out, as it were, some one they 

 preferred, shoals of this fish may be seen coasting the shoals 

 and headlands, leaping and s|)(U'ting in great numbers, from 

 about one pound to three (U* four pcuinds in weight ; and in 

 some of the smaller bays the shoal could be tnued several times 

 circling it, and apparently feeding. They enter every river and 

 rivulet in immense numbers, nnil when lishing for Salmon, are 

 annoying for their (pnuitity. The food of those taken with the 

 rod in the t-stuaries appeared vi-ry indi.seriminate; CH-'CJisionally 

 the remains of some small fish, which were too mneh digested to 

 Ijc discriminated ; sometimes flies, beetles, or other insects, 

 which the wind or tide had carried out ; but the most 

 genernl food seemed t«) be the Tulitris Ltjcusta, ut common 



