THE CHV^. 361 



its fituailon. It lifes to a common trout fly, and feeda 

 on worms, catterpillars, graflioppcrs, and other coleopte^ 

 rous infers, that happen to fall into the water *. 



The body is longer than that of the carp ; the head 

 flattened ; the back of a duflcy green ; the fides and belly 

 filvery, with a lliade of a gold colour, if the filh be old 

 and in high feafon. The fcales are remarkably large and 

 angular, like thofe of the carp ; the mouth is of a mode- 

 rate fize, round when the jaws are opened, and wholly 

 dellitute of teeth. The number and difpofition of the 

 fins refemble thofe of the other fiili belonging to thi^ 

 genus J the tail is forked. 



The Bleak f . 



X HIS fpecles Is frequent in the Kngl'ijli ftreams, ajs well 

 as thofe of the Continent. According to Aufonius, the 

 taking of thefe fiihes was anciently the amufement of 

 children, as that of the following fpecies is at prefent f. 

 The flefh is foft, and deftitute of fat, making no very 

 commendable morfcl. 



They are at fome feafons apparently feized with a dif- 

 order, which feems to occafion them great agony : They 

 are then feen tumbling about near the furface of the 

 water, and are incapable of fwimming far from the place; 



but 



* Brit. Zool. Species 1 75, 



\ Cyprinus Alburnus, Lin. Syft, AlburnuE, RondeJ, 



J Alburnos prsdam puerilibus hamis. 



