516 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



small, one- eighth of the length of the head. Colour blueish 



grey, sides silvery, iris yellow ; dorsal grey with a red 



tinge ; caudal the same ; anal and pectorals reddish. 



Is one of the largest of the whole family, according to 



Nilsson occasionally attaining a length of 3 ft. In fact, 



one of the specimens described by him was 2 ft. 7-- in. 



It is principally confined to the lakes and rivers in the 



east of the middle of Sweden ; and is met with in the lakes 



Malar, Hjelmaren, Wener, and Wetter. It is perhaps the 



only species of this family that is a fish of prey, and it 



greedily devours the " nors," or small smelts that abound 



in the above-named lakes. Those which I saw in a sort of 



moat or canal in Orebro seemed as tame as carp, and readily 



took bread which was cast in to them. 



The flesh is excellent, but they say hard of digestion. 

 This is another fish which I think might advantageously be 

 introduced into the British waters ; for although a fish of 

 prey, worms, insects, and larva form the greater portion of 

 its food, and I think many British waters would suit it. 

 They spawn with us in the end of April, or early in May. 

 This fish is called in the "Wener the " stam," as is also the 

 leuciscus grislagine. 



81. ABEAMIS ALBUENUS, Miss. ; Cyprinus Alburnus, Lin. 



Loja. The Bleak. D. F. 



Is common in all the northern waters, from the far 

 south of the country, at least as far north as Lake Kalix, in 

 Lulea Lapland. I have taken them here nearly 7 in. long. 

 They spawn in the beginning of June. 



Gen. Clieldj Buchan. 



Form like the bleak, with a turned up nose ; lateral line 

 winds all over the sides. 



82. CHELA CULTEATUS, Buchan. CYPEINUS CULTEATUS, L. 



Skar Braxen. D. 



Scales thin and small, about 110 on the lateral line; 

 body much compressed, the under part of the belly in 



