Illustrations 



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Autumn Salmon, i S .', lljs. Cauyht i8th July 1907. Marked as Smolt ?\Iay 



1905. First return from the sea . . . ■ . .31 



Mark of iSj-lb. Salmon shown, cau;4lit 18th July 1907 . . . .32 



Male Salmon, 27 lbs. 9th August i 907. Marked as Smolt May 1905. Largest 



caught up till this date. First return from sea . . . -33 



Large Spring Salmon, 15 lbs. First caught, 7th February 1908. ALarked as 



Smolt i\Iay 1905. First return froiri the sea . . • -34 



Showing mark of 15-lb. Spring Sahrion. First caught, 7th February 1908. 



Marked as Smolt May 1905 . . . . . -35 



13-lb. marked Salmon. Caught 15th February 190S. Marked as Smolt 1905 . 36 

 35-lb. marked S.almon. Caught at .-Xlmond mouth, on the Tay, 31st iVIarch 



1908. Marked as Smolt, about i ,', oz., ?i[ay 1905, ha\-ing been in the sea 



nearly three years. Age fi\e years . . . . . -37 



i\Lale S.almon. 27 lbs. February 1904. First return from the sea . . 38 



Tav Female Salmon, 30 lbs. 2nd .August 1907. First return from the sea . 39 



Tay Male Salmon, 40 lbs. ALarch 1905. First return from the sea . . 40 



Tay Female Salmon, 40 lbs. First return fronr the sea . . .40 



Showing mark of first small Sjiring fish, <)}, lbs., caught iSth February 1907. 



Marked as Smolt May 1905 . . . . . -41 



7-lb. Female Kelt (irilse. March 1903 . . . . ■ 4- 



(i; So-called Tay Bull-Trout, 30 lbs. Second return from the sea, ha\ing 



spawned. (2) Salmon, 30 lbs. August 1905. First return from the sea, 



has not spawned . . . . . . . -43 



7db. Kelt, small Spring fish. iVIarch 190S . . . . .44 



Female I24b. Kelt .Autumn Salmon, immediately after spawning. The Uon, 



I Ith February 1900 . . . . . . .45 



Female Salmon, 26J- lbs. Marked as a Smolt May 1905. Caught on 5th July 



1909 . . . . . . . . -47 



Scale of 26.',db. Sahrion. ALirked as a Smolt .May 1905. Caught 5th July 1909 48 

 Female Salmon on spawning-bed, turning up the gravel with her tail. November 



1904 ......... 53 



Salmon Spawning- Bed on the Tay . . . . . .54 



Salmon Spawning-Bed (enlarged) . . . . . .54 



Showing Salmon-Beds diverting the water where the gra\el is raised, River 



Duart i\lore, Sutherland . . . . . . -55 



Salmon. Alale and Female. Female turned on her side, turning up the gravel 



w ith her tail . . ■ . • . • ■5'' 



Salmon Spawning. ALale and Female. November 1904 . . -57 



Sliowing Salmon Spawning-Beds on River .Almond. No\eiriber 1905 . ■ i'^ 



25-lb. Female Baggot or Rawner. The Don, 1 6th February 1899 . . 60 



