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  some 
  of 
  these 
  or 
  their 
  descendants 
  may 
  be 
  got 
  in 
  the 
  Ythan. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  therefore 
  right 
  to 
  note 
  the 
  above 
  occurrence. 
  

  

  Genus 
  LEUCISCUS, 
  Cuv. 
  and 
  Vol. 
  

   Leuciscus 
  phoxinus, 
  Ftem. 
  Minnow. 
  Minnin. 
  

  

  In 
  CharlesivortJi 
  s 
  Magazine 
  for 
  1837, 
  vol. 
  i., 
  p. 
  337, 
  a 
  writer 
  

   giving 
  the 
  initials 
  W.L. 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  Minnows 
  north 
  

   of 
  Perth, 
  but 
  plenty 
  of 
  Sticklebacks." 
  Further 
  he 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  

   believe 
  Minnows 
  were 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  Don 
  as 
  I 
  know 
  they 
  

   were 
  into 
  the 
  Ness 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago." 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  rivulets 
  of 
  the 
  

   neighbourhood." 
  (Arbuthnot.) 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Scotland 
  the 
  Minnow 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  

   exist, 
  as 
  not 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  was 
  observed 
  by 
  a 
  party 
  of 
  

   ichthyologists 
  who 
  lately 
  visited 
  the 
  different 
  lakes 
  and 
  rivers 
  

   in 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Sutherland. 
  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  found 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  Dee, 
  appearing 
  more 
  plentiful 
  as 
  we 
  

   advance 
  south." 
  (Parnell, 
  1839.) 
  

  

  " 
  This 
  pretty 
  active 
  little 
  fish 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  

   our 
  streams. 
  It 
  is 
  curious 
  to 
  see 
  it 
  stated 
  in 
  works 
  on 
  

   Ichthyology 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  north 
  of 
  

   the 
  Dee, 
  Aberdeenshire." 
  (Edward.) 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  twenty 
  years 
  we 
  have 
  never 
  once 
  met 
  with 
  the 
  

   Minnow 
  anywhere 
  in 
  Sutherlandshire," 
  and 
  " 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  

   aware 
  ourselves 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  any 
  river 
  

   north 
  of 
  the 
  Deveron, 
  in 
  Banffshire, 
  except 
  the 
  Spey, 
  where 
  it 
  

   was 
  introduced 
  to 
  a 
  limited 
  extent 
  about 
  the 
  year 
  1883." 
  

   (Harvie-Brown 
  and 
  Buckley.) 
  

  

  Day, 
  in 
  speaking 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  Throughout 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Scotland." 
  (British 
  Fishes, 
  vol. 
  ii., 
  p. 
  186.) 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  thus 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  great 
  diversity 
  of 
  opinion 
  has 
  

   been 
  expressed 
  by 
  various 
  authors 
  regarding 
  the 
  distribution 
  

   of 
  this 
  abundant 
  and 
  beautiful 
  fish. 
  This 
  being 
  so, 
  I 
  have 
  

   gone 
  to 
  considerable 
  trouble 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  the 
  real 
  state 
  of 
  

   matters. 
  Besides 
  making 
  personal 
  visits 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  rivers 
  

   north 
  of 
  Elgin, 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  communication 
  with 
  various 
  

   correspondents 
  in 
  Inverness-shire, 
  Ross-shire, 
  Sutherlandshire, 
  

   and 
  Orkney, 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  all 
  say 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  Minnows 
  

   in 
  the 
  streams 
  there. 
  One 
  correspondent 
  from 
  Forres 
  sent 
  

  

  