HRILL. 



SUBBRACHIAL 

 MALACOPTERYG1L 



PLEURONECT1DX. 



-Tr - 



THE BRILL. 



PEARL, KITE, BRETT, BONNET-FLEUK. 



Rhombus vulgaris, La Barbue, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 341. 



,, non aculeatus, WILI.UGHBY, p. 95, tab. F. 1. 



Pleuronectes rhombus, LINN/EUS. BLOCH, pt. ii. pi. 43. 



,, Pearl, PENN. Brit Zool. p. 321, pi. 50. 



Brill, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 97. 



,, ,, ,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 196, sp. 97. 



,, ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 462. 



THE BRILL is a well-known fish, brought in abundance to 

 the London market, and procured from the same localities 

 and by the same modes as the Turbot ; but is not held in 

 equal estimation, being considered by some as inferior to 

 the Sole, but very superior to the Plaice. 



Dr. Neill says it is found in Aberlady Bay, where it is 

 called Bonnct-Fleuk ; it is taken also at Yarmouth, and 

 other places along our eastern coast. It i.s abundant on our 



