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that of Windermere, reaching a length of only 7 

 inches, and a weight of about 3 ounces. Colonel 

 W. H. Parkin, to whom I am indebted for the types 

 of this species, which I named after the Earl of 

 Lonsdale, informs me that the Char caught in 

 Haweswater hardly vary at all in size. Compared 

 with the Windermere Char this species is seen to 

 differ in the longer and more pointed snout, smaller 

 eye, narrower opercular / bones, and larger fins. 

 Especially noteworthy, however, is the great length 

 of the lower jaw, which is much longer than in 

 Windermere Char of the same size, and, compared 

 with the length of the head, is even longer than in 

 large adult examples of the latter species. The 

 colour is bluish black above, orange below, with 

 numerous orange spots on the sides. The specimen 

 figured (PI. IX, Fig. i) is a male 7 inches long, 

 and for comparison a somewhat larger young male 

 Windermere Char has been put on the same Plate. 

 This Char is said to feed mainly on insects and to 

 take the artificial fly freely. 



THE TORGOCH (Salvelinus perisit) is found in 

 three mountain lakes at or near Llanberis in 

 Carnarvonshire, and also in Lake Corsygedol in 

 Merionethshire. The Welsh name " Torgoch " 

 signifies " Red Belly," and the specific name perisii 

 is taken from Llyn Peris, one of the lakes inhabited 

 by this fish. The Torgoch was first properly 

 described by Dr. Giinther in 1862, and is a rather 

 small fish, growing to a length of 9 or 10 inches, 

 and averaging 4 to 6 ounces in weight. The 

 head is long, with the snout somewhat produced and 

 pointed, the mouth large and oblique, the lower jaw 



