The Common or Burn Trout. 15 



sport to anglers, it feeds voraciously, taking any fly or bait freely ; 

 and from its great muscularity it is a powerful fish when hooked ; 

 frequently leaping out of the water. As food it is not considered 

 equal to the Salmon or Salmon Trout. It is to be angled for the 

 same way as the Salmon, though many are taken with small flies 

 while fishing for Trout." YARRELL, Brit. Fish. vol. ii. p. 31-35. 



THE COMMON OR BURN TROUT. 



PLATE x. 2. 



ORDER IY. Abdominales. Ventral fins on the abdomen, 

 behind the pectoral. 



" Abdominal Malacopterygii. Salmonidce. 

 " Salmo Fario. LINN^US. 



River Trout. PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. Hi. p. 399. 



pi. 70. 



Trout. DON. Brit. Fish, pi. 85. 

 Common Trout. FLEM. Brit. An. p. 181. 



sp. 47." 

 YARRELL, Brit. Fish, vol. ii. p. 51. 



