PARR. 49 



The length of the head is, as compared to the whole 

 length of the head, body, and tail, including the caudal rays, 

 as one to five ; the body of greater girth than that of the 

 young of the Salmon when of the same length ; the pectoral 

 fin of great breadth and length, nearly as long as the head ; 

 the base of the last ray of the dorsal fin exactly half-way 

 between the point of the nose and the end of the upper half 

 of the tail ; the base of the dorsal fin considerably shorter 

 than the third ray of that fin, which is the longest ; the 

 second dorsal or fleshy fin half-way between the origin of 

 the first ray of the dorsal fin and the end of the upper half 

 of the tail, and in a line over the origin of the last ray of 

 the anal fin ; the tail deeply forked, much more so than that 

 of the Trout ; the lower jaw shorter than the upper ; the 

 teeth small, placed in five lines on the upper inner surface 

 of the mouth ; two or three small hooked teeth on the supe- 

 rior lateral portion of the tongue on each side towards the 

 tip, and a row of small teeth on each side of the under jaw : 

 the eye large, its diameter one-fourth of the length of the 

 head, and placed at the distance of its diameter from the 

 point of the nose. The fin-rays in number are 



D. 13 : P. 14 : V. 9 : A. 9 : C. 19 : Vertebrae 60. 



The following description of the colours of the Parr is 

 derived from Dr. Heysham^s paper already quoted, my 

 specimens being affected by immersion in spirits. 



" Head green and ash colour. Gill-covers tinged with a 

 variable green and purple, and marked with a round dark- 

 coloured spot : in some specimens there are two of these 

 spots on each gill-cover. Back and sides, down to the lateral 

 line, dusky and marked with numerous dark-coloured spots. 

 Belly white. Along the lateral line there are from sixteen 

 to thirty bright vermilion spots. The sides are marked 



