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  THE 
  VEKTEBRATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE.' 
  

  

  [Paralepis 
  coregonoides, 
  Bisso. 
  

  

  In 
  Dr. 
  Howden's 
  list 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  marked 
  local, 
  but 
  

   without 
  note 
  or 
  comment. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  only 
  

   specimen 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  British 
  waters 
  at 
  

   the 
  publication 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Day's 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Fishes, 
  and 
  

   which 
  Dr. 
  Howden 
  professes 
  to 
  follow, 
  is 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  

   Museum, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  alive 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Cornwall 
  

   in 
  1869.] 
  

  

  Family 
  SALMONIDiE, 
  Midler. 
  

   Genus 
  SALMO, 
  Artedi. 
  

   SALMO 
  SALAR, 
  Linn. 
  

   Salmon. 
  

  

  "The 
  Dee 
  abounds 
  with 
  excellent 
  Salmon, 
  grilse, 
  sea-trout, 
  

   sterlings 
  (here 
  called 
  dowbreeks), 
  trout, 
  and 
  parr, 
  with 
  some 
  

  

  pikes 
  and 
  fresh-water 
  flounders 
  and 
  finnicks 
  The 
  

  

  spawning 
  season 
  is 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October 
  

   to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  November, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  fishing, 
  which, 
  by 
  

   the 
  bye, 
  is 
  always 
  with 
  rod 
  or 
  spear, 
  is 
  prohibited. 
  We 
  have, 
  

   however, 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Salmon 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  country 
  people 
  

   Candavaigs 
  that 
  frequently 
  do 
  not 
  spawn 
  before 
  the 
  months 
  

   of 
  April 
  or 
  May 
  ; 
  these, 
  therefore, 
  are 
  in 
  perfection 
  when 
  the 
  

   others 
  are 
  not. 
  They 
  are 
  grosser 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  than 
  the 
  

   common 
  Salmon, 
  and 
  often 
  (of 
  a 
  large 
  size) 
  upwards 
  of 
  20 
  or 
  

   30 
  lbs. 
  weight. 
  They 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  

   Norway." 
  (0. 
  S. 
  A.) 
  

  

  Salmon 
  are 
  abundant 
  in 
  all 
  our 
  rivers, 
  and 
  enter 
  such 
  

   lochs 
  as 
  are 
  reachable. 
  

  

  As 
  stated 
  in 
  our 
  introductory 
  remarks, 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

   salmon 
  is 
  a 
  subject 
  upon 
  which 
  great 
  divergence 
  of 
  opinion 
  

   exists. 
  The 
  parr, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  admitted 
  by 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  gone 
  

   into 
  the 
  subject 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  salmon, 
  was 
  long 
  

   held, 
  even 
  positively 
  asserted, 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  distinct 
  species, 
  and 
  

   was 
  found 
  in 
  numbers 
  where 
  salmon 
  were 
  never 
  seen. 
  This 
  

   idea 
  still 
  lingers 
  in 
  the 
  minds 
  of 
  many, 
  and 
  those 
  who 
  admit 
  

  

  