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them examined by a competent authority, and will let 

 me know what they are, I shall feel very much obliged. 

 (T. ELMS, Hon. Sec. Windermere Fishing Association, 

 Bowness, Nov. 14.) 



EDITOR OF "THE FIELD" TO MAJOR ELMS. 



The fish forwarded were magnificent male specimens of 

 Salmo ferox ^ the Great Lake Trout. This a very well marked 

 species, distinguished, amongst other characters, by the 

 squareness of the tail ; the close-set double row of vomerine 

 teeth, which extend the whole length of the bone down the 

 roof of the mouth, and which are absent in the adult salmon ; 

 the smallness of the scales, which are so numerous that from 

 thirteen to sixteen may be counted, extending from the 

 adipose or dead fin, to the lateral line of the body ; and 

 above all, by the peculiar shape of the praeoperculum, or 

 foremost division, or scale, of the gill-cover. This is crescent, 

 the higher and lower margin gradually rounding into each 

 other without forming an angle. The sides of the head and 

 body are covered with numerous round, deep black spots, 

 which have a pale or blood-red margin during the spawning 

 season. The Great Lake Trout is a non-migratory species, 

 inhabiting large lakes. The collection in the British Museum 

 was without any examples from Windermere, and the 

 splendid specimens forwarded have been received as 

 valuable additions to the national collection. EDITOR 

 "THE FIELD." 



MR. JOHN FELL (CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF CONSERVATORS) 

 TO MR. F. M. T. JONES. 



Barrow-in-Furness, 



Nov. 20, 1867. 

 MY DEAR SIR, 



I have seen The Field. There can be no doubt that 

 the two fish sent were Salmo ferox- Great Lake Trout. 

 There is a further question now to set at rest that is, are 

 all the large fish frequenting the tributaries of Windermere 

 Salmo ferox? I think it most desirable that from each river 

 Brathay, Rothay, Troutbeck, and Cunsey Beck some 

 large spawning fish should be taken in order to fully dispose 

 of the difficulty which at present arises, whether the Salmo 



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