50 SALMONID.E. 



with nine or ten oval bars of a dusky bluish colour. Dorsal 

 fin with a few dusky spots ; colour of the lower fins inclining 

 to yellow." The number of scales in a row above the lateral 

 line twenty-two, below it nineteen. 



In its feeding, the Parr is voracious : the stomachs of 

 several examined were distended with the larvse of water- 

 beetles of various sizes, Dytiscid*. 



It would be very desirable to discontinue the use of all 

 the names bestowed upon this fish except those of Parr and 

 Samlet ; the terms Brandling, Fingerling, Skirling, Gra- 

 velling, Laspring, Sparling, &c. not being sufficiently de- 

 fined, but referring cither to some quality or habit observed 

 in other species. 



The Gravelling of the river Taw, as figured in the Maga- 

 zine of Natural History for January 1835, is the young of 

 the Salmon, but with a greater number of spots than I have 

 usually seen them. 



