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" I think it possible, when trout feed much on hard substances, such as larvae and their cases, and the ova of other fish, they have more red spots, and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed on analogous substances : and... "
A history of British fishes - Page 134
by Robert Hamilton - 1876
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Salmonia: Or, Days of Fly Fishing, in a Series of Conversations, with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1828 - 300 pages
...these effects. I think it possible, when trout feed much on hard substances — such as shell-fish and the ova of other fish — they have more red spots, and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed in this manner; and the trout, that have...
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The New sporting magazine, Volume 16; Volume 19

1839 - 890 pages
...produce these effccu I think it possible, when trout feed much on barJ substances, such as Urvst stu their cases, and the ova of other fish, they have more red spots and redder fins. T is the case with the gillaroo, and the char, who feed on analogous »ub»unc*» ; sad the trout,...
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Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1832 - 330 pages
...to the light, and probably the kind of food, produce these effects. I think it possible, when trout feed much on hard substances, such as larvae and their...other fish, they have more red spots, and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed on analogous substances : and the trout,...
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Salmonia: Or: Days of Fly Fishing. In a Series of Conversations; with Some ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1832 - 338 pages
...food, produce these effects. I think it possible, when trout feed much on hard substances, such as lame and their cases, and the ova of other fish, they have more red spots, and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed on analogous substances: and the trout, that...
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A Manual of British Vertebrate Animals: Or Descriptions of All the Animals ...

Leonard Jenyns - 1835 - 602 pages
...scales can be * Sir H. Davy was of opinion, that when Trout feed much on hard substances, such afr larvs and their cases, and the ova of other fish, they have...fins : and that when they feed most on small fish, as minnows, and on flies, they have more tendency to become iptKtcd with small blaek spots, and are...
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Salmonia; Or: Days of Fly Fishing. With Some Accounts of the Habits of ...

Sir Humphry Davy - 1870 - 334 pages
...to the light, and probably the kind of food, produce these effects. I think it possible, when trout feed much on hard substances, such as larvae and their...other fish, they have more red spots, and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed SECOND DAT.] 37 on analogous substances ;...
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Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Volume 11

1879 - 680 pages
...expressed by Sir Humphrey Davy, as mentioned in Dr. Hamilton's British Fishes, which is, that when trout " feed much on hard substances, such as larvae and their...small black spots and are generally more silvery." In the Water of Leith, when first opened for fishing, the trout were of a fine appearance, colours...
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Book of the Black Bass: Comprising Its Complete Scientific and Life History ...

James Alexander Henshall - 1881 - 480 pages
...work, "Salmonia," says: "I think it possible when trout feed much on hard substances, such as larvse and their cases, and the ova of other fish, they have more red spots and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed on analogous substances; and the trout that...
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Book of the Black Bass: Comprising Its Complete Scientific and Life History ...

James Alexander Henshall - 1881 - 492 pages
..." I think it possible when trout feed much on hard substances, such as larvae and their cases, arid the ova of other fish, they have more red spots and redder fins. This is the case with the gillaroo and the char, who feed on analogous substances ; and the trout that...
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Recollections of Fly Fishing for Salmon, Trout, and Grayling: With Notes on ...

Edward Hamilton - 1884 - 232 pages
...thinks this condition very much depends on the food. At p. 36 he says : " I think it possible when trout feed much on hard substances, such as larvae and their...other fish, they have more red spots and redder fins. This is the case with the gillarroo and the charr, who feed on analogous substances ; and the trout,...
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