14 The Bull Trout. 



in the morning, and three in the afternoon, are the prime 

 times. When the weather is hot, still, and bright, and 

 the water clear, fish the swiftest streams, and most stony 

 parts of the river ; the deeps only morning and evening, 

 very early and very late. If a Trout bite not at half-a- 

 dozen essays, wait no longer there, but try another 

 place. 



SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION. 



ORDER IV. Abdominales. Ventral fins on the abdomen, 

 behind the pectoral. 



" Abdominal Malacopterygii.* Salmonidce. 



" Salmo Eriox. LINN.EUS. 



Cinereus aut griseus. WILLUGHBY, p. 193. 

 Griseus sen cinereus. RAY, p. 63. A. 3. 

 Eriox, Grey. PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 394. 

 Cambriscus, Sewin. DON. Brit. Fish, pi. 91. 

 Eriox, Grey, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 180. sp. 46. 



" The Bull Trout is distinguished from the Salmon and Salmon 

 Trout by several specific peculiarities. The form of the body of this 

 fish is similar to that of the Salmon, but the nape and shoulders are 

 thicker, the fleshy portion of the tail and the base of each of the fins 

 more muscular ; the males are the strongest in the water, but the 

 females are the most eager for bait, and their teeth are rather smaller. 

 The colours of the males, in the spawning season, are the head olive 

 brown, the body reddish brown or orange brown ; that of the females 

 a blackish grey ; the dorsal fin reddish brown, spotted with darker 

 brown ; the tail dark brown, the other fins dusky brown. The 

 general colour at other times like that of the Salmon Trout. 



" The fin rays of the Bull Trout in number are 

 " D. 1 1, P. 14, V. 9, A. 1 1, C. 19 ; Vertebra 59. 



" The Bull Trout sometimes attains the weight of twenty pounds, 

 but it more commonly occurs under fifteen pounds weight. It ascends 

 rivers for the purpose of spawning in the same manner as the Salmon, 

 but earlier in the season ; and the fry are believed to go down to the 

 sea sooner than the fry of the Salmon. This species affords good 



* Having the fin rays soft. 



