Class IV. G R E Yo 2-95 



The Grey, i. e. cinereous Salmo eriox. Lin, Jyji. 509. 144. Gr:EYc 



feu Grifeus. Wil. Icth. 193. Gralax. Faun. Siiec. No. 346. 



Raiifyn, pifc. 63. Lachfs-forellen mit Schvvartz- 

 Salmo maculis cinereis, cauds grauen flecken oder punkt- 



extremo asquali. Arted, Jy- chens. Wulf, Borufs, ,Ko, 



non, 23. 43. 



WE are uncertain whether this is not a meer 

 variety of the falmon ; but on the autho- 

 rity of Mr. Ray^ we defcribe them feparate. He 

 fays it is a very ftrong fifh, that it does not afcend 

 the frefh waters till Auguft^y when it rufhes up 

 with great violencej that it is rarely taken, and not 

 much known. 



The inhabitants of the North of England and 

 of South Wales feem extremely well afTured, that 

 it is a diftindt fpecies from the falmon. They ap- 

 pear in the EJk in Cumberland from July- to Sep- 

 temher^ and are then in fpawn. The lower jaw 

 grows hooked, when they are out of feafon. I was 

 informed they never exceeded thirteen pounds ia 

 weight *. 



The head is larger in proportion than that of 

 the falmon. In the jaws are four rows of teeth : 

 and on the tongue are eight teeth. , The back and 

 fides, above the lateral line, of a deep grey, fpotted 



* I met with a fifh (I fufpe6led to be a Grey) taken in the 

 fga near Convjay. It weighed twenty-two pounds, 



U 4 with 



