CHONDROPTERYGII. 



SKATE. 



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RA1ID&. 



THE SKATE. 



BLUE SKATE, and GREY SKATE, Scotland. 

 TINKER, Lyme Regis. 



Raia batis, LINNAEUS. BLOCH, pt. iii. pi. 79, female. 



,, ,, La Raie cendr&e, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 398. 



,, Icevis sen cinerea, WILLUGHBY, p. 69, C. 5, male. 



batis, The Skate, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 11 1. 



,, ,, ,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 171, sp. 24. 



,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 510, sp. 199. 



,, ,, ,, COUCH'S MS. 



,, ,, NILSS. and FRIES Ichth. Scand. 



,, ,, BLAINV. Faun. Franf. p. 13. 



,, alba ,, ,, ,, p. 14. 



,, batis BONAP. Faun. Ital. fasc. 29. 



THIS species, which is frequently called the True Skate, 



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