224 SALMOX, THREE, FOUR, FIVE MONTHS OLD. 



The 3rd figure on the plate represents the 

 two months old salmon-fry. In length it is IJ 

 inches. Its shape is perfect, and its fins are well 

 defined. The transverse bars, beginning at the 

 lateral line, are visible ; but not so brilliant and 

 large as they afterwards by degrees become. 



The 4th figure is that of a salmon-fry four 

 months' old, or a day or two more or less, and 2~ 

 inches in length. The transverse bars, com- 

 mencino^ above the lateral line, have increased in 

 size and depth of colour ; and little spots are visi- 

 ble on the back. The fins are very large in pro- 

 portion to the size of the fry, showing that it is 

 the young of salmon, and not of any small species 

 oi salnionidcB. The fins of a trout of the same size 

 would be much smaller. 



The 5th figm'e is that of a young salmon, at 

 the a2:e of six months. The drawinor is that of a 

 specimen more perfect in shape and colour than 

 ordinarily. It is 3^ inches in length ; its colours 

 are deepening, and the transverse bars are more 

 largely developed. Its fins are disproportionably 

 large in respect to the size of the body. Hitherto 

 its growth has been rapid ; but at its present age 

 it, generally speaking, enters the cold months, and 

 during four of them, its growth, chiefly from want 

 of insects for food, is very slow. 



