4670 Fishes. 



The late Mr. W. Murray, of Henderland, whom I had the pleasure 

 to call for many years my friend, informed me that occasionally a 

 trout much resembling the species I have described was taken in the 

 trawl-nets in Loch Fine ; and this observation was confirmed by my 

 brother, who, being engaged on the 17th January 1838, in inquiring 

 into the herring fisheries of the Western Lochs, was present when 

 two trout were taken in the trawl-net, off Collambray Ferry, in the 

 Kyles of Bute. The following description of these trout I subjoin 

 from my brother's notes: I examined them also; they seemed to 

 me to differ somewhat from the estuary trout, but as observations 

 respecting red-spotted trout caught in the sea are so rare, I shall 

 not venture to offer any more decided opinion. 



No. 1. — Trout taken with two others in a trawl-net off Collambray 

 Ferry, Kyles of Bute, on the Bute shore, January 17, 1838 : that 

 is to say, in the sea. 



Snout to centre of tail 13 inches. 



„ to dorsal fin 5f „ 



„ to pelvis fin 6£ „ 



„ to anal fin 8f „ 



„ to extreme margin of gill-cover ... 3 „ 



Length of head (dorsal line) 2 „ 



Greatest depth 2f „ 



Weight 13 oz. 



"Milt not larger than a crow-quill, soft, but had evidently per- 

 formed its function ; when cut into, red (like the Loch Leven trout) ; 

 food various, and in large quantity ; pancreatic portion of intestine 

 contained a large tape- worm and several small hard worms, &c; spleen 

 was triangular, not more than fths each way; liver healthy; no fatty 

 deposit whatever in the interior. 



" This trout, when first taken from the Loch, looked exactly like a 

 river trout in very fine condition ; the abdomen and fins were of a 

 rich yellow colour. With the exception of the spots being about 

 half the size and greatly more numerous, the general colouring 

 of both trout was the same. As an article of food it was deli- 

 cate, and resembled closely the red trout got in Loch Leven, the 

 Tyne at East Linton, and that from the estuary of the Nith at 

 Dumfries." 



