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ECHINORHINUS SPINOSUS (Gme/in). 



DUNS, "Rep. Brit. Assoc.," 1871, p. 132; TURNER, "Journ. Anat. 

 Phys.," 1875, P- 2 97 and figs. 



The Rev. Professor Duns communicated to the Edinburgh Meet- 

 ing of the British Association, in August 1871, a "Notice of Two 

 Specimens of Echinorhinus spinosus taken in the Firth of Forth." 

 Unfortunately, the mere title of the paper is given in the Report. 



Sir William Turner (l.c.\ however, alludes to these specimens 

 as having been captured at Bo'ness and off Elie respectively, and 

 mentions that the specimens are preserved in the Museums of 

 Science and Art and of the Free Church College, Edinburgh. Sir 

 William further remarks that Professor Duns was the first naturalist 

 to determine the presence of this species in Scottish seas. 



A third example, a female, 6 feet 6 inches in length, was 

 captured on lines with a herring bait, near the Bass Rock, in June 

 1874, and came into the possession of Sir William Turner, who 

 figured and described it (I.e.} in detail. 



MYXINE GLUTINOSA, Linnceus. 



GUNTHER, "Catalogue of Fishes," vol. viii. pp. 510, 511 (1870). 

 DAY, "British and Irish Fishes," vol. ii. p. 365. 



There is an adult specimen in the British Museum collection 

 presented by - - Woodfall, Esq. (Giinther, I.e.}. 



Dr. Day (t.c.) informs us, on the authority of Goodsir, that 

 the Glutinous Hag or Borer is found in the Firth of Forth. I have 

 not yet been able to trace Goodsir's original record for this species as 

 a Forth fish. Mr. C. W. Peach obtained a Forth specimen in March 

 1877 > an d Mr. William Evans informs me that the late Mr. F. M. 

 Balfour obtained it at Dunbar. 



ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE FOX-SHARK 

 IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH. 



By JOHN STIRTON. 



ON the evening of the 2/th of August 1899, a Fox- 

 Shark (Alopias vulpes] was found strangled in the salmon- 

 nets in Roome Bay, Crail, by Alexander Clark, salmon-fisher, 

 and his crew. The fish had rolled the net round its gill- 

 openings in such a manner as to suffocate itself, and this 

 without damaging the net in any way. I saw it the next 

 morning, and took the photograph of it now reproduced. I 

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