THE WILD TROUT. By Rod Sutterby and Malcolm Greenhalgh.

1989 1st edition. Oblong 4to (300 x 242mm). Pp144. Colour plates by Rod Sutterby, text by Malcolm Greenhalgh, colour photographs by Simon Farrell, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt.

"The natural history of an endangered fish". "In this remarkable book, artist Rod Sutterby and biologist Malcolm Greenhalgh combine forces to celebrate the beauty of the wild trout and make an urgent call for conservation measures. More than 40 paintings, drawings and sketches of individual fish, many observed from life and depicted with meticulous scientific accuracy, record the features of the most celebrated varieties, from Scotland's famous Loch Leven brown trout to Canada's endangered Kamloops Lake rainbow trout. Dr Greenhalgh's illuminating text describes the origins, evolution and natural history of the three species of trout and their varieties, and makes a compelling case for their protection". Contents include:- The trout's life cycle; The Loch Leven trout; The Lough Melvin trout; The river brown trout; The river rainbow trout; The river cutthroat trout; The lake brown trout; The Sonaghen trout; The ferox trout; The gillaroo trout; The Kamloops Lakes trout; The Crescent Lake trout; The Yellowstone Lake trout; The Atlantic sea trout; The steelhead trout; The coastal cutthroat trout; The bull trout; The Pyramid Lake trout; The Greenback trout; The Yellowfin trout; The Golden trout. (Erratum slip laid in to the copy added on 011221.)