ALLFCE SHAD. 213 



ABDOMINAL 



MALACOPTERYCII. CLUPEW^. 



THE ALLICE SHAD. 



Alosa commwiis, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 319. 



,, ,, WILLUGHBY, pi. P. 3, fig. 2. 



,, ,, Allice, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 463. 



,, ,, Alase, DUHAMEL, sect. iii. pi. 1, fig. 1. 



Clupea alosa, Altis, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 439. 



THE ALLICE SHAD, by far the larger of the two in size, 

 appears to be much more limited in its localities as a British 

 species. It is represented by Pennant and others as abund- 

 ant in the Severn, but is much less known elsewhere. 



Dr. Hastings, in his Illustrations of the Natural History 

 of Worcestershire, at page 77 says, " This is another fish 

 which the Severn affords in great perfection. These fish 

 generally appear in May, though sometimes in April. This, 

 however, depends a good deal upon the quality of the water : 

 if it is clear, they ascend early in the spring ; but if there 

 happens to be a flood, they wait till the waters are restored 

 to their former purity ; and if they meet with a flood in 

 their progress upward, they immediately return, and keep 

 below Gloucester. The weight of this Shad (the Allice 



