PLATE LXL 
The lake Winander Mere, in the county of Westmoreland, has 
more than once afforded us specimens of this rare and very local fish, 
Salmo Alpinus, in the highest state of perfection, in the winter 
season: at which time they are in full spawn. The fishermen 
on this lake only take them at this season of the year, when they 
appear in plenty near the shores of this extensive water. The potted 
Charr of Westmoreland is esteemed an article of luxury for the table. 
When dressed in the usual manner like trout this fish is also ex- 
cellent. 
The individual Charr delineated, measures eleven inches and a half 
from the point of the jaw to the extremity of the tail. In the 
first dorsal fin, there are eleven rays : the pectoral fin contained 
sixteen rays : ventral eleven : anal ten : tail twenty-four. Its co- 
lours are represented from the fish recently taken. Among seve- 
ral specimens we examined, a material difference prevailed in the 
exact tints of the colour. In one the gills were faintly speckled 
with darker colour than in the present ; and the belly of another 
inclined more to silver. All these, however, we have no. doub< 
of being the gilt Charr of Pennant. 
Great confusion prevails among the synonyms of Salmo Alpinus, 
and the other analogous species Salvelinus, Salmarinus, and the 
ambiguous Carpio of Artedi. The writers of our own country 
have by no means succeeded in unravelling the perplexity, which 
induces us to reject with caution much that has been said concerning 
them. We shall hereafter treat of Salmo Salvelinus, as a British 
fish, when this interesting subject, the natural history of the Charr% 
will be considered with more attention. 
