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by him to the west of the Isle of May on the 28th of November 

 1890. 



It is a somewhat rare fish, and its distribution is peculiar, since 

 it appears to be entirely confined to Scottish seas, wherein it was 

 discovered by Sir John Murray in 1885. 



TRACHINUS DRACO, Linnceus. 



GRAY, "Zoologist," 1849, p. 2519; FULTON, "Rep. Fish. Board 

 Scot," 1889, part iii. p. 356 (1890); SCOTT, "Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist," 1893, p. 253. 



It is rather remarkable that the Greater Weaver should be such 

 an uncommon species in the Firth of Forth, for it is quite the reverse 

 at St. Andrews, where it is described as frequent after storms ; and 

 it is not rare on the Scandinavian coasts. 



It was first recorded for the Firth by the late Mr. Robert Gray 

 (J.c.\ who obtained a specimen near to the Bass Rock on the i/jth 

 of August 1848. 



It was next captured so far as we know at Largo Bay in May 

 1889 by Mr. Scott, as mentioned by Dr. Wemyss Fulton (I.e.], 

 Mr. Scott also took one, 1 2 inches long, in a shrimp-trawl in the 

 'Fluke Hole,' off St. Monance, on the 2gth of August 1895 

 (Fulton, I.e.] 



Lastly, so far as the Firth proper is concerned, an example was 

 reported to me as having been captured, on a hand-line baited with 

 mussel, off Craigleith at the beginning of July 1899. 



It is also occasionally captured by the trawlers outside the May 

 Island and off St. Abb's Head. 



ORCYNUS THYNNUS (Li/mams}. 



JAMESON, " Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," vol. ii. p. 16 (1863); 

 M'INTOSH, "Rep. Fish. Board Scot," 1885, App., pp. 206- 

 207, pi. viii. (1886); MASTERMAN, op. tit., 1893, part iii. pp. 

 273-283, pis. xi. and xii. (1894). 



A specimen of the Tunny, 8 feet long, which had been captured 

 in Aberlady Bay, was exhibited by Professor Jameson at the meeting 

 of the Royal Physical Society on the 28th of April 1842, and is 

 the first Forth record known to me. 



A fine male, 9 feet long and weighing 6| cwts., was caught in 

 a trawl in the 'Fraith,' off Pittenweem, in October 1885, as 

 recorded by Professor M'Intosh (i.e.). The skeleton of this 

 specimen was described in detail by Mr. Masterman (/.), and its 

 characters and anatomy by Professor M'Intosh ("Ann. and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist." (5), vol. xvii. pp. 236-337, pi. xi.). 



