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SALMONID^ OF BRITAIN. 



seen in the Museum of Queen's College. One of 6? lb. was landed in 1886 by an 

 angler on the Suir ; several instances of 70 lb. fish are alluded to by Thompson. 

 It is a disputed point whether the female or the male attains to the largest size. 

 But it must not be overlooked in such investigations that the mortality among 

 those of the male sex is greater than among the females, while age has a bearing 

 on size. 



The figure of the salmon in the plate 3, fig, 1, is that of a male 3| ft. 

 long and weighing 22^ lb., from the Teith taken in the month of November : figure 

 2 is from a female a little over 14 lb. weight, and no. 3 is a Howietoun female grilse 

 about 17 in. in length. The figures in plate 4 are, no. 1 from a grilse from the 

 Severn, of 4^ lb. weight : no. 2 from a Welsh specimen 7'2 in. long : no. 3 par 

 from Howietoun, 6^ in. long, taken August, 1886. 



