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appear to vary in colour and in an assimilative manner to the hue of the water in which they are confined. According to Frank Buckland, "this is the case particularly with Minnows, Sticklebats, and Trout. Mr. Grove, the fishmonger at Charing Cross, will tell you where a Trout comes from by its colour. The Trout which live in peat-coloured water are sometimes nearly black; those from fine running streams, such as the clear chalk Zool. 4th ser. vol. II., November, 1898.