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  The 
  Tench 
  was 
  introduced 
  at 
  Pitfour. 
  In 
  the 
  Perth 
  

   Natural 
  History 
  Museum 
  there 
  are 
  specimens 
  of 
  Tench 
  from 
  

   the 
  Tay. 
  

  

  Genus 
  NEMACHEILUS, 
  Van 
  Hass. 
  

   Nemacheilus 
  barbatula, 
  Giinther. 
  Loach. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  many 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  

   rivers 
  entering 
  the 
  Firth 
  of 
  Forth." 
  (Parnell.) 
  He, 
  however, 
  

   mentions 
  no 
  particular 
  stream 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Scotland 
  " 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  Loach 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found. 
  Included 
  as 
  " 
  local 
  " 
  in 
  

   Dr. 
  Howden's 
  list, 
  without 
  particulars 
  being 
  given. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen 
  nor 
  heard 
  of 
  one 
  having 
  been 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  all 
  other 
  writers 
  are 
  silent 
  on 
  the 
  point. 
  

  

  Family 
  CLUPEIDiE, 
  Cuvier. 
  

   Genus 
  ENGRAULIS, 
  Cm. 
  

   Engraulis 
  encrasicholus, 
  Guv. 
  Anchovy. 
  

  

  Professor 
  J. 
  C. 
  Ewart, 
  in 
  an 
  article 
  in 
  the 
  Scotsman 
  of 
  

   January 
  20th, 
  1890, 
  says: 
  "Anchovies 
  were 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  

   Moray 
  Firth, 
  especially 
  off 
  Troup 
  Head, 
  where 
  considerable 
  

   numbers 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  herring 
  nets 
  by 
  the 
  

   Buckie 
  fishermen. 
  So 
  abundant 
  were 
  the 
  small 
  fish 
  that 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  believe 
  immense 
  numbers 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  

  

  had 
  they 
  been 
  provided 
  with 
  small-meshed 
  nets 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  at 
  once 
  suggests 
  itself, 
  do 
  we 
  owe 
  this 
  visit 
  

   of 
  the 
  Anchovies 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  mildness 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  or 
  

   perhaps 
  one 
  ought 
  rather 
  to 
  say 
  to 
  the 
  prevalence 
  of 
  westerly 
  

   and 
  south-westerly 
  winds 
  ? 
  The 
  Anchovies 
  that 
  have 
  reached 
  

   the 
  Moray 
  Firth 
  have 
  probably 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  Atlantic, 
  borne 
  

   along 
  with 
  the 
  powerful 
  currents 
  which, 
  during 
  south-westerly 
  

   winds, 
  strike 
  the 
  Orkney 
  and 
  Shetland 
  islands 
  and 
  with 
  

   great 
  force 
  rush 
  into 
  the 
  North 
  Sea 
  through 
  the 
  Pentland 
  

   Firth 
  " 
  The 
  above 
  irruption 
  took 
  place 
  in 
  1889. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Day 
  records 
  the 
  fact 
  of 
  Peach 
  having 
  taken 
  Anchovies 
  

   from 
  the 
  herring 
  nets 
  off 
  Wick. 
  [Olsen 
  gives 
  the 
  Moray 
  

   Firth 
  as 
  a 
  spawning 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  Anchovy.] 
  In 
  Howden's 
  

   list 
  it 
  is 
  marked 
  " 
  local." 
  

  

  