﻿282 
  Transactions. 
  — 
  Zoology. 
  

  

  h. 
  — 
  Dec. 
  7tli. 
  — 
  Male 
  trout, 
  taken 
  at 
  nigiit 
  in 
  Shag 
  Eiver 
  with 
  natural 
  

   minnow, 
  water 
  very 
  low 
  ; 
  colour 
  silvery 
  white, 
  hack 
  light 
  olive, 
  siDots 
  black 
  

   and 
  numerous 
  ; 
  condition 
  very 
  fat 
  ; 
  head 
  ordinary 
  size, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  hooked, 
  

   maxillary 
  projecting 
  I 
  in. 
  behind 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  orbit 
  ; 
  body 
  of 
  vomer, 
  

   5 
  teeth 
  firm, 
  2 
  awauting 
  ; 
  palatine 
  left, 
  13 
  firm, 
  3 
  gone 
  ; 
  right 
  palatine, 
  10 
  

   firm, 
  4 
  gone. 
  

  

  Dimensiom 
  : 
  Weight, 
  5 
  lbs. 
  2 
  oz. 
  ; 
  length, 
  28 
  in.; 
  depth, 
  5|- 
  in. 
  ; 
  girth, 
  

   13^in.; 
  head, 
  5|- 
  in. 
  

  

  Fin 
  Rays: 
  P. 
  13 
  on 
  each. 
  Scales: 
  15 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  16 
  on 
  other, 
  in 
  

   transverse 
  rows 
  from 
  dead 
  fin 
  backwards 
  to 
  lateral 
  line. 
  Pyl. 
  ccsca 
  : 
  43. 
  

   Contents 
  of 
  stomach 
  : 
  remains 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  small 
  minnows. 
  

  

  c. 
  — 
  Dec. 
  19th. 
  — 
  Male 
  trout, 
  taken 
  in 
  Shag 
  Eiver 
  at 
  night 
  with 
  natural 
  

   minnow 
  ; 
  water 
  low 
  ; 
  colour, 
  silvery 
  sides, 
  back, 
  light 
  olive 
  ; 
  spots 
  black 
  

   and 
  numerous, 
  some 
  on 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  tail, 
  lower 
  margin 
  gone, 
  probably 
  

   bitten 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  shag 
  ; 
  condition 
  fat 
  ; 
  head 
  ordinary 
  size, 
  lower 
  jaw 
  hooked, 
  

   maxillary 
  projecting 
  ^ 
  in, 
  behind 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  orbit 
  ; 
  head 
  of 
  

   vomer, 
  3 
  teeth 
  ; 
  palatine 
  a 
  row 
  each. 
  Dimensions 
  : 
  Weight, 
  5 
  lbs. 
  5 
  oz. 
  ; 
  

   length, 
  23^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  depth, 
  6 
  in. 
  ; 
  girth, 
  13^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  head, 
  6 
  in. 
  

  

  Fin 
  Rays: 
  D.13, 
  P.i| 
  other'Sde, 
  ^-9' 
  ^-l^, 
  G.22. 
  Scales: 
  14 
  in 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  row 
  from 
  adipose 
  fin 
  backwards 
  to 
  lateral 
  line. 
  Pyl. 
  ccsca 
  : 
  (not 
  

   taken). 
  Coritents 
  of 
  stomach 
  : 
  part 
  of 
  one 
  small 
  minnow. 
  

  

  d. 
  — 
  1878, 
  Jan. 
  19th. 
  — 
  Female 
  trout 
  taken 
  with 
  grasshopper 
  in 
  Lee 
  

   Stream 
  in 
  the 
  Ledge 
  pool 
  ; 
  colour, 
  back 
  brown, 
  sides 
  olive 
  colour, 
  belly 
  

   white, 
  black 
  spots 
  plentiful, 
  red 
  ones 
  very 
  large 
  ; 
  tail 
  slightly 
  forked 
  ; 
  head 
  

   small, 
  maxillary 
  within 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  orbit 
  ; 
  head 
  of 
  

   vomer, 
  2 
  teeth 
  and 
  2 
  gone; 
  body 
  of 
  vomer, 
  double 
  row 
  ; 
  palatines, 
  one 
  row 
  

   of 
  teeth 
  on 
  each. 
  

  

  Dimensions: 
  Weight, 
  2 
  lbs, 
  ; 
  length, 
  IG 
  in. 
  ; 
  depth, 
  3^ 
  in. 
  ; 
  girth, 
  8^ 
  in. 
  5 
  

   head, 
  3J 
  in. 
  

  

  Fin 
  Rays: 
  D.13, 
  P. 
  14, 
  ¥.9, 
  A.ll, 
  C.19. 
  Scales: 
  15 
  in 
  transverse 
  row 
  

   from 
  adipose 
  fin 
  backwards 
  to 
  lateral 
  line. 
  Pyl. 
  cceca 
  : 
  54. 
  Contents 
  of 
  

   stomach 
  : 
  shell-fish 
  and 
  cadis-bait 
  numerous, 
  leg 
  of 
  crayfish, 
  two 
  small 
  

   stones. 
  

  

  e. 
  — 
  Feb. 
  8th. 
  — 
  Male 
  trout 
  caught 
  in 
  Deep 
  Stream 
  with 
  grasshopper 
  l 
  

   water 
  low 
  and 
  clear; 
  colour, 
  back 
  brown, 
  sides 
  and 
  belly, 
  golden 
  tiuge^ 
  

   black 
  spots 
  very 
  numerous 
  and 
  large, 
  red 
  spots 
  large, 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  

   adipose 
  fin 
  and 
  upper 
  margin 
  of 
  tail 
  ; 
  head 
  ordinary 
  size, 
  maxillary 
  project- 
  

   ing 
  ^ 
  in. 
  behind 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  orbit 
  ; 
  head 
  of 
  vomer, 
  8 
  

   teeth 
  and 
  1 
  gone 
  ; 
  body 
  of 
  vomer, 
  double 
  row, 
  some 
  missing 
  ; 
  palatmes, 
  

   1 
  row 
  on 
  each. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  : 
  Weight, 
  S^lbs. 
  ; 
  length, 
  19 
  in. 
  ; 
  depth, 
  6 
  in. 
  ; 
  girth, 
  11-|- 
  in. 
  j 
  

   Jiead, 
  4 
  J 
  in, 
  

  

  