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COLE'S CHAR. 



ENKISKILI.EN CHAR. 



Salmo Colei, Gunthkk. 



Salvelinus Colei, Nobis. 



The trivial name assigned to this species is designed by Dr. 

 Gunther as a mark of respect to the Earl of Enniskillen, the 

 name of whose family is Cole; and to whom science is indebted 

 for many advantages, and both Dr. Gunther and myself for the 

 supply of specimens of Natural History, and the kindly spirit 

 in which they were bestowed. 



About the middle of November I was favoured by the noble 

 Earl, to whose name this species is especially dedicated, with 

 a considerable number of these fish, from which our figure and 

 description have been taken; and at the same time a supply 

 was sent to the British Museum for examination by Dr. A. 

 Gunther. They were all obtained from Lough Esk, in Donegal, 

 but we are informed that they also inhabit Lough Elvyn in 

 company with another species already described; and they are 

 found in Lough Lada, with some others in the county of 

 Wicklow. 



The example described, which was about the usual size, was 

 nine inches in length; the shape not much unlike that of the 

 Pollan, but a little rounder; the body moderately compressed, 

 sloping gently from the dorsal fin to the snout, which is a 

 little rounded at the point. Eye large, the nostrils in front of 

 it in a depression, one of them a wide cavity surrounded by a 

 membrane, the other a slit; breadth of the head between the 

 eyes only a little more than the extent of the orbit; and a low 

 ridge along the top. Jaws equal, teeth in both and on the 

 sides of the palate, with a separation between the rows in front; 



