I/O THE PIKE TRIBE. 



there is found a variety of the Trout which are 

 naturally deformed, having a singular crookedness 

 near the tail. Some of the Perch in the same coun- 

 try have a similar deformity. — In two or three of 

 the lakes of Ireland there is another variety called 

 the Gillaroo Trout. The stomachs of these Trouts 

 arc so excessively thick and muscular as to bear some 

 resemblance to the organs in birds called gizzards. 

 These stomachs are sometimes served up to table 

 as Trouts gizzards. In the Common Trout the sto- 

 mach is uncommonly strong and muscular ; for, as 

 well as small fish and aquatic insects, the animals 

 live on the shell-fish of the fresh waters; and even 

 take into their stomachs gravel or small stones, to 

 assist in comminuting the testaceous part of their 

 iood. 



THE PIKE TRIBE. 



IN the whole of the Pike tribe the head is some- 

 what flat, and the upper jaw shorter than the other. 

 The gill-membrane has from seven to twelve rays. 

 The body is long, slender, compressed at the sides, 

 and covered with hard scales. The dorsal fin is 

 situated near the tail, and generally opposite to the 

 anal fin. 



