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in Loch Inch in Wigtownshire is incorrect, and 

 due to confusion with Loch Insh in Inverness-shire. 

 Of these three lochs the largest is Loch Doon, 

 6 miles long and 2 to 6 furlongs broad, whilst 

 Loch Dungeon is quite small, three-fourths of a 

 mile long and one-fourth of a mile broad. 



The Loch Grannoch Char is a small race of 

 5. willughbii\ the specimens I have seen measure 

 from 7 to 9 inches in length, and they are adult 

 fish taken when spawning. These have nearly 

 the form and proportions of Windermere Char 

 I o to 12 inches long, i.e. they assume the adult 

 characters at a smaller size than in Windermere ; 

 some of the males have the external sexual char- 

 acters very pronounced, the lower jaw projecting 

 slightly, and the pectoral fins nearly reaching the 

 pelvics. The coloration of the male fish is violet- 

 black above, brilliant orange below, with round 

 scarlet spots on the sides ; the dorsal and caudal 

 fins are dusky, and the lower fins reddish with 

 more or less distinct white anterior edges : the 

 females are similarly but less brilliantly coloured, 

 the orange on the belly being sometimes reduced 

 to a mere tinge. 



These Char keep in the deeper parts of the lake, 

 except for about ten days in the middle of October, 

 when they spawn on the shallows. 



The Char of Loch Dungeon is known to me only 

 from a single male specimen 6 inches long, a 

 plump fish rather noticeable for the weakness of the 

 lower jaw and the breadth of the opercular bones 

 when compared with the Grannoch Char. Mr. 

 Robert Service regards this form as nearer to the 

 Grannoch fish than to those of Loch Doon, from 



