Class IV. CHARR SALMON. 407 



are also common in the Wye, where they are 

 known by the name of Skirtings, or Lasprings. 



L'Orable, ou Humble. Bclon, Salmo alpinus. Lin. Syst. 510. 7- Charr. 



281. Gm. Lin. 1370. Gronov. 



Umbla seu Humble Belonii Zooph. No. 372. 



Gesner pise. 1005. Roding, Lapponibus Raud. 



Umbla minor. Gesner pise. Faun. Suec. No. 124. 



1013. Charr-fish. Phil Trans. 1755. 



Torgoch Wallis. Westmor- 210. 



landis Red Charre Lacus L'Omb\e.Bloehichth.'ri\.l25. 



Winander mere. Wil. lchtk. tab. 99. 



196. Baii syn. pise. 65. La Truite des Alpes. ib. iii. 



Salmo vix pedalis, pinnis ven- 135. tab. 104. 



tralibus rubris, maxilla in- Le Salmone bergforelli. De la 



feriore longiore. Arted. Syn. Cepede Hist, des Poissons, 



25. v. 203. ? 



J- HE charr is an inhabitant of the lakes of the 

 north, and of those of the mountanous parts of 

 Europe. It affects clear and pure waters, and 

 is very rarely known to wander into running 

 streams, except into such whose bottom is simi- 

 lar to the neighboring lake. 



It is found in vast abundance in the cold lakes 

 on the summits of the Lapland Alps, and is al- 

 most the only fish that is met with in any plenty 

 in those regions, where it would be wonderful 



and more distinct than those on the common Samlet, and give 

 it a striking resemblance to the Salmone Rille of De la Cepede; 

 but the latter is said to grow to the size of a Herring. Ed. 



