532 VERTEBRATE FAUNA OF LAKELAND 



couple of them as specimens. The local boatmen recognised 

 them under the name of 'Blue bill,' by which they are generally 

 distinguished in Morecambe Bay. 



Order PYGOPODES. Fam. PODICIPEDIDM. 



EED-NECKED GEEBE. 



Podicipes griseigena (Bodd. ). 



' Another specimen was felled on the Kent . . . the only example 

 which I can vouch for as having been killed within the territorial 

 limits of Westmorland' (p. 452). 



Two additional specimens were killed on Windermere in the 

 winter 1891-2, and were taken in the flesh to Mr. H. E. Eawson, 

 F.Z.S., by the man who shot them. 



TBoofe jFourtl)* 



Order PHYSOSTOMI. Fam. SALMONIDM. 



COMMON TEOUT. 



Salmo fario, L. 



' A hump-backed variety of the Common Trout inhabits the upper 

 waters of the Gcddew ' (p. 507). 



In May 1892 a fresh example of this variety was brought to 

 me by an angler named Eook, who had just taken it in the 

 Caldew. The so-called ' hump ' was well developed. Dr. 

 Matthews kindly dissected the specimen with me, when we 

 found that the vertebral column was perfectly regular. The 

 deformity appeared to be due to a thickening of the cervical 

 muscles. The spinous and interspinous processes had been un- 

 usually developed, to support the abnormal growth. 



