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FISHES. 
the Eivers of the West of Scotland," who received a con- 
siderable part of his information from one of the writers 
as regards the rivers Gruinard, Inver, and Kirkaig, assisted 
by two other angling friends of gxeater experience, one of 
whom had known the former river for some ten or twelve 
years. The articles in the Field are signed " Three Eoss- 
shire Midges," and " A Eoss- shire Midge." ^ We have no 
reason to conceal their authorship, as we are firmly con- 
vinced that they contain points which can hardly be put 
aside. 
191. Salmo trutta, Flem. Sea-Trout. 
Abundant ; rarely ascending the rivers before the end of May, 
though an undoubtedly clean one is at times caught by the 
nets in February and March. 
The east coast sea-trout are generally much more spotted, 
and not such finely-shaped fish as those of the west coast. 
The sea-trout of the northern Kyles of Durness and Tongue 
are famed for their firmness and flavour, and readily take 
sand-eel as bait. In June and July 1883, before the rains 
set in and the fish could ascend the rivers, many sea-trout 
were caught in the salt water with sand-eel or small imita- 
tion minnow at Loch Inver, where they were scarcely ever 
known to have been caught before in the sea. 
192. Salmo cambricus, Donovan. Sewin. 
193. Salmo fario, L. Common Trout. 
So many interesting varieties come under this heading that it 
would occupy too much of our space to go into particulars 
of each. We give the names of these below, and from the 
1 David Murray, Esq., Gruinard House, Aultbea ; J. G. K. Young, Esq. of 
Glendoune, Girvan ; and J. A. Harvie-Brown, Dunipace House, Larbert. 
