208 ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 



BRAMA RAII, Block. 



PARNELL, pp. 209-210. "In the Firth of Forth it has occurred 



frequently" (p. 210). 



In spite of Dr. Parnell's statement as to its frequence in the 

 Firth, I can find very little subsequent information regarding the 

 occurrence of Ray's Bream, and this refers to a single visitation 

 only. 



The winter of 1850 witnessed a marked immigration of this 

 fish to the shores of the east coast of Britain, during which 

 several were cast ashore in the Firth, from the end of November 

 onwards (R. F. Logan, "Zoologist," 1851, p. 3058). 



LAMPRIS LUNA (Gmelin). 



PARNELL, p. 224, indicates that the Opah has occurred on seven 



occasions in the Firth. 



During recent years, I have noted two occurrences, namely : 

 a fine specimen captured at Aberdour on the nth of October 

 1890; and one, 4 feet long and weighing 103 Ibs., caught off 

 North Queensferry on or about the 26th of July 1898. 



XlPHIAS GLADIUS, LilinCRUS. 



PARNELL, pp. 215-217. " Specimens have occasionally been seen in 

 the Firth of Forth at a considerable distance from the mouth 

 of the estuary. In the year 1826, an individual that measured 

 7 feet in length was found stranded on the 'banks between 

 Stirling and Alloa" (p. 216). 



The only additional record that has come under my notice of 

 the occurrence of the Swordfish in the Firth, is that of one taken in 

 the salmon-nets at Bo'ness, on the i7th of July 1893. This speci- 

 men was 8 feet 2 inches in length, of which the " sword," measured 

 from the tip to the front of the lower jaw, was 2 feet 5 inches. It is 

 now in the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow (J. M'Naught Campbell, 

 "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.," 1893, P- 2 47)- 



SCUENA AQUILA, Laccpede. 



PARNELL, pp. 200-202. "A specimen about 3! feet in length was 

 taken a short time since in the Firth of Forth" (p. 201). 



The only additional record of the Maigre, of which I am aware, 

 refers to one 3 feet 2 inches in length, captured in the Firth in July 

 1878, and exhibited at the meeting of the Royal Physical Society 

 on the 1 5th of January 1879 ("Proc. Roy. Phys. Soc. Edin.," vol. 

 v - P- 374). 



