1902-3.] Dr Noel Pa ton on October Salmon in the Sea. 489 
The observations of Tosh on the Tweed in 1895 gave the 
following results : — 
Table III. 
Female. 
Male. 
No. 
Length 
Weight 
No. 
Length 
Weight 
in eras. 
in kgms. 
in cms. 
in kgms. 
April, 
46 
74-45 
4-092 
11 
69-37 
3-432 
May, . 
69 
74-32 
4-281 
20 
73-63 
4-382 
June, . 
73 
77*63 
3-283 
13 
77*00 
4-743 
July, . 
82 
77-31 
5-088 
21 
75-88 
5*026 
August, 
65 
81-38 
4-514 
13 
77-59 
5-127 
September, . 
33 
84-00 
6201 
3 
6-046 
October, 
37 
88-98 
4-744 
34 
94-88 
9*172 
November, . 
45 
90-08 
6-326 
19 
92-74 
8-730 
while our previous measurements gave — 
Table IV. 
Average 
Length. 
Extremes. 
February, 
66-6 
63 to 71 
March, ....... 
68-6 
66 ,, 73 
April, 
722 
70 „ 75 
May and June, 
July and August, 
75*0 
67 ,, 83 
77-7 
70 „ 94 
October and November 
87*5 
81 „ 91 
In this series of October fish the average lengths and weights 
were — 
Table V. 
Length in cms. 
Weight in kgs. 
Females, . 
83 
5-5 
Males, 
76 
4-6 
Both, 
79 
5-06 
Of the twelve females, seven were between 80 and 85 cm. 
PROC. ROY. SOC. EDIN. — VOL. XXIV. 32 
