S A L M O FARIO.
T H E COMMON TIIOUT.
L A C U S T R I N E VARIETIES.
THE Trouts represented on tiiis Plate exhibit different, but not uncommon, variGtios from one loch ol' limited extent, Loch
Skene, in the upper district of Dumfriesshii'c, situate at a considerable elevaUon, probiibly tiie highest i>iece of water iu the
soutli of ScoUand; and, on account of tlie FaU, " The Grey Mare's Tail," possessing no possible communication upwards
from the sea.
T i e specimen seen i.. front of the Plate is a common and very beautiful variety ; and shews that kind of marking very
frequent among Trout of the smaller Alpine lochs, of a large dark or red spot being placed in a pale or clear surrounding
field ; these are often very l a j ^ , and the principal part of tiie spotting is confined to the centre of the body. The fish immediately
behind was of a greyer tint, the spots large, but comparaUvely few: and that on tJie back part of the gi^oup has
the marldng more broken and irregular, with little proportion of ted interspersed, and resembles some of the more freqiicnl
river varieties of Trout, All tlie specimens iiave the black and ;vhit.' bands on the dorsal Hn very clear and distiucl.