INDEX 



I'^Z 



Maskinonge, 173 



Mahaseer, the, 118 



May-fish. See Allis shad 



Meaker. See Minnow 



Mennot. See Minnow 



Miller's thumb, the {Coitus gobio\ 74 ; 

 appearance, 75 ; distribution and 

 habits, 76 ; angling for, 78 



Minnim. See Minnow 



Minnin. See Minnow 



Minnow, the (Leticiscus phoximis), 

 origin of name, 141 ; appearance, 

 141 ; habits, 142, distribution, 142, 



143 

 Mort. Sec Salmon-trout 



Mud-lamprey. See Pride, 304 



Mur(Bnid(B^ the, 13, 291-299 



Nursey, Walter, 173 



Nasal sac in fishes, the, 30, 31 

 NemacMlus barbatulus. See Loach 

 Nine eyes. See Lampern 



Osmond, C. H., 182, 183 



Olfactory organs iu fishes, 30, 31 

 OncorhyncliMS quinnat, 224 

 Operculum, the, 23 

 Orkney trout. See Sabno orcadensts 

 Osmei'us epcrla?ii(s. See Smelt 

 Otolith, the, 29 

 Oxygen, 9 {note), 22, 23 



Parnell, 260 

 Paton, Dr., 232 

 Pennant, 50, 86, 185 

 Pennell, Cholmondeley, 135 

 Picot, 56 

 Plot, 92 



P alcekhthyes, 29, 34-39 

 Parr. See Salmon 

 Paternoster, the, 64 



Pectoral fins, 13, 15, 27 



Peer. See Minnow 



Perca fiuviatilis. See Perch 



Perch, the ( Pcrcafluviatilis), meaning 

 of the word, 41 ; coloration, 42 ; its 

 affinities, 44 ; appearance, 47 ; size 

 and weight, 50 ; habits, 52 ; repro- 

 duction, 54; as food, 57; how to 

 cook, 59 ; angling for, 60 



Perch family, the, 41-74 



Percida, 41-74 



Petrotnyzon branchialis. See Pride 



Petro77iyzonfltiviatilis. See Lampern 



Petromyzon marimes. See Lamprey 



Petroniyzojitida;, 299-304 



Physostonii. See Bladder-duct fishes 



Pickerel. See Pike 



Pike, the {Esox Indus), its name, 164 ; 

 appearance, 164, 165 ; habits, 165-- 

 170 ; size and weight, 170-173 ; dis- 

 tribution, 173-174; as food, 174; 

 anghng for, 1 75-177 



Pink. See Minnow 



Plaice, 3, 98 



See Plaice 

 See Flounder 

 See Flat-fishes 



Platessa vulgaris. 



Pleuronectes flesus. 



P lewotiectidce, the. 



Poll. See Chub 



Pollan, the {Coregonus pollati), 283 



Pollard. See Chub 



Polydontid(z, the, 34 



Pomeranian bream, 129, 155 



Pope. See Ruffe 



Powan, the {Coregonus chcpeoides), 



origin of name, 281 ; habits, 282 

 Prseoperculum, the, 23 

 Pride, the {Pciro7fiyzen branchialis), 



304 

 Protopterus, 9 

 Protopterus annectens, 189 {note) 



Quinnat, the, 224 



Ray, 2, 10, 128, 185 

 Romanes, Professor, 64 

 Rondelet, 2 



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