Salmonidae of Norway. 99 



water again brightened, the number and size of the trout 

 increased. 



Many Norwegian lakes contain the species of lake- 

 trout richly marked with pink spots, each surrounded with 

 a yellow halo or ring. They are much more handsome 

 fish than the other two species above mentioned, and are 

 greater in depth from dorsal fin to the belly. I have 

 killed them chiefly of from 2 lbs. to 4 lbs. in weight. I 

 have it upon the authority of Mr. Fleetwood Sandeman 

 that, in some lakes which we have fished together, this 

 species existed some years ago in much greater numbers, 

 but they appear to have been ousted by other species, 

 which have proportionately increased ; with these I shall 

 attempt to deal later on. 



The annexed drawings of the trout I took from Nor- 

 wegian fish. 



Char (Norsk, Rme). 



I have killed these fish with fly, spoon and minnow, 



in lakes and in lake-like expansions of rivers, from I lb. to 



I J lbs. in weight. 



The following is a description of the fish : — 



BodT/. — The upper two-thirds is grey, shaded darker 



from the medial line up to the root of the dorsal fin, and 



spotted with white, 



