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reflections were all gone, tlie cream-coloured dapples 

 were much more decided in colour and shape, and the 

 vermilion specs very numerous. The caudal and all the 

 lower fins had an orange wash, the dorsal dusky yellow 

 with black spots, the lower fins retaining the white flat 

 ray with a dusky edging, and the caudal a few spots. 

 The teeth of all were upon the inter-maxillary, maxil- 

 laries, palatine, and the tongue ; none on the vomer 

 except now and then one tooth behind the arch of palate. 

 Fin rays, D. 13, P. 13, Y. 8, A. 10 ; gill rays 12. Axil- 

 lary scale very small. Dorsal, with two rudimentary 

 rays, ten or eleven long ones, free edge convex ; first ray 

 of lower fins flat, scales very small, but rather larger 

 than those of brook trout.'*' 



Dr. Gilpin sums up as follows on the question of its 

 identity with brook trout : — 



"We must acknowledge it exceedingly closely allied 

 to Fontinalis — that it has the teeth, shape of fins, axillary 

 plate, tail, dapples, vermilion specs, spotted dorsal, alike; 

 that when it runs to fresh water it changes its colour, 

 and, in doing this, approximates to its red fin and dingy 

 green with more numerous vermilion specs, still more 

 closely. Whilst, on the other hand, we find it living 

 apart from Fontinalis, pursuing its own laws, attaining a 

 greater size, and returning year after year to the sea. 

 The Fontinalis is often found unchanged under the same 

 circumstances. The former fish always preserves its more 

 arched head, deeper and more compressed body, and 

 perhaps shorter fins. In giving it a specific name, there- 

 fore, and using the appropriate one given by Colonel 

 Hamilton Smith — so far as I can discover the first de- 

 scriber — I think I will be borne out by all naturalists.'' 



