280 Tbe Trout s of America 



neither encroaching upon the hours in which 

 his brother, or sister, is feeding. The Loch 

 Leven trout grows to the size of four pounds, 

 but the average is about a pound or slightly 

 over. They take the fly best and give great 

 play at three years of age. 



The native habitat of this species of foreign 

 salmon-t routs is in Scotland, and the fish takes 

 its name from the now ruined castle in which 

 Mary Queen of Scots was confined by Queen 

 Elizabeth, and from the waters of the adjacent 

 lake Loch Leven. This trout was brought to 

 America about fifteen years ago, and has been 

 planted in many waters in the Eastern and West- 

 ern states with a measure of success. It is a 

 beautiful and gracefully formed fish, and although 

 closely allied to the brown trout, it may be readily 

 distinguished from it by the absence of red spots, 

 which are always distinctly seen on the body of 

 the brown trout. However, it is reported that 

 faint reddish spots appear on the sides and back 

 of the Lock Leven form when the fish reaches 

 an age of about four years. This absence of red 

 spots when the Scottish fish is less than four 

 years old seems to be a matter of fact with Brit- 

 ish anglers ; but as the Loch Leven trout seldom 



