390 O F F I S H E S. 



ingly well tailed. It is the fmalleft of all the trout fpecies, fel- 

 dom more than fix inches. 



38. In the fame flony rivulets is the beft common trout (n), where 

 it is frequently taken from ten to near twenty inches. Thofe 

 that feed in waters with muddy bottoms are lead efteemed, and 

 are commonly called Afo/}-trouts ; their ilem tailing of the turbid 

 muddy ilream they live in ; the colour of their flefh white ; 

 their backs of a tawny black hue. 



39. In North Tyne, above Bellingham, the Pike (o) is often taken 

 three feet long. It is frequent in fome of our other rivers, and 

 in the larger lakes. 



40. In the rivers Brami/Jj and TV//, the Perch (p) is often taken 

 from twelve to fixteen inches. 



41. The Leucifcus, or Dar (q), is frequently taken in the river 

 Tync from feven to nine inches long, and fometimes longer. It 



(>?) Tiutta fluviatilis vulgaris. Charlet. Fife. p. 36. n. i. Trutta fluviatilis. Rond. Pifc. 

 ii. p. 169. Will. Pifc. p. 199. Raj. Syn. Pifc. p. 65 Salmo maxilla inferiore longiore, 

 maculis rubris. Artedl. gen. 12. Syn. 23. Sp. 51. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 117. n. 309. 



(o) Lucius. Rend. Pifc. u. p. 188. Salv. Hift. p. 95. Will. Pifc. p. 239. Tab. P. 5. 

 Raj. Syn. Pifc. p. 112. Charlet. Pifc. p. 42. n. 7. Efox roftro plagioplateo. Artedi. gen. 

 1!\.. Syn. 26. Sp. 53. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 114. n. 304. PIKE, minores, PICKARELLS. 

 Char let. 1. c. Dale. Harw. p. 433. n. 5. 



{p) Perca. Rond. Pifc. ii. p. 196. Perca major. Charlet. Pifc. p. 41. n. 2. Pcrca fiuvia- 

 tilis. Sah. Pifc. p. 226. Will. Pifc. p. 291. Tab. S. 13. Raj. Syn. Pifc. p. 112. Perca 

 lineis utrinque fex nigris, pinnis ventralibus rubris. Aitedi. gen. 39. Syn. 66. Sp. 74, 

 Terca pinnis dorfalibus diftindis ; fecunda radiis fedecim. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 106. n. 284. 

 P-ERCH. Ckarlet. 1. c. 



A'bidUa. Eelhn. Pifc. Leucifcus. THE DAR. Char/ft. Pifc. p. 37. n. 7. 



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