British and Irish Salmonidæ

Abstract

IN this work Mr. Day expounds in greater detail the views he made known in his “British and Irish Fishes,” concerning the characters and affinities of the several British forms belonging to the genus Salmo. He also includes in the volume the consideration of many other important problems connected with the natural history of British Salmonoids. On p. 9 he gives a synopsis of the British genera of the family, viz. Salmo, Thymallus, Coregonus, Osmerus, and Argentina, and then proceeds to consider Genus I, Salmo, while at p. 278, is the heading Genus 2, Thymallus, Cuvier. For the designation of species and varieties English names are generally used, but with each is given a copious list of the Latin Linnean synonyms, and references to the works where they occur. The species considered are as follows: the Salmon, Trout, British Char, American Char or Salmo fontinalis, and the Grayling. Thus Coregonus, Osmerus, and Argentina are left outside the scope of the book, notwithstanding its comprehensive title.

British and Irish Salmonidæ.

By Francis Day. 12 Plates. (London and Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate, 1887.)