THE PIKE-PERCH. 



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creating a particular sound, which the fisherman imitates hy 

 snapping his finger in the water, in order, as he imagines, to 

 attract the shoals to him. 



THE PIKE-PERCH. 



Perca Lmioperca, Linn., " Retz., Faun. Suec.," p. 366. 



... " Nilsson, Prod.," p. 82. 



... " Krb'yer, Fishes of Denmark," vol. I. p. 32. 



... " Ekstrom, Morko," p. 94. 



The Pike-perch (Gos, Sw. ; Lucioperca Sandra, Cuv.), 

 apparently so named in reference at once to its appearance 

 and its hahits, was abundant in my vicinity, or rather in 

 the Wenern, for though we occasionally fell in with it during 

 our fishing excursions in the Gotha, it was rare. It is 

 pretty common in most of the large lakes in the more mid- 

 land and southern provinces of Sweden ; and at times a 

 variety of the species is found in the eastern Skargard, as 

 well as in sundry of the hays and inlets of the Baltic. 

 Singularly enough, it seems a mooted point amongst Swedish 

 and Danish naturalists, whether this fish be an inhabitant of 

 the Norwegian lakes or not. 



