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RAIID.E. 



CHONDROPTERYGIL 



RAIID&. 



THE HOMELYN RAY. 



THE HOME, SAND RAY, AND SPOTTED RAY. 



Paia miraletus, LINNAEUS. 



,,' maculata, Sand Ray, MONTAGU, Wern. Mem. vol. ii. p. 426. 



,, miraletus, Mirror Ray, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 103. 



,, rubus, Rough Ray, ,, ,, ,, pi. 20. 



,, oculata, Mirror Ray, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 172, sp. 26. 



,, maculata, Spotted Ray, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 514, sp. 203. 



,, ,, BLAINV. Faun. Franf. p. 15. 



,, aster ias, ,, ,, ,, p. 25. 



,, miraletus, ,, ,, ,, p. 27. 



,, ,, BONAP. Faun. Ital. fasc. iii. 



THIS smooth-skinned spotted Ray, called Raia lams 

 and Homelyn so long ago as the time of Merrett,* and one 

 of our most common species along the line of our southern 



* Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum. London, 1667, p. 185. 



