578 



RAIID.E. 



CHONDROPTERYG1I. 



l\ All DIE. 



m- m 



THE SHAGREEN RAY. 



Paia fullon icfl, LINN/F.US. 



,, chagrined, Shagreen Kay, MONTAGU, Wern. Mem. vol. ii. p. 420, pi. 21. 

 ,, ,, ,, ,, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 117. 



,, aspera, ,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 172. 



,, chagrined, ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 513. 



,, ,, ,, ,, PARNELL, Wern. Mem. vol. vii. p. 431, pi. 41. 



IN the first edition of the History of British Fishes, I 

 made the mistake, from the want of specimens, of confound- 

 ing the Shagreen Ray of Montagu with the Long-nosed 

 Skate of Mr. Couch. Dr. Parnell very kindly set me right, 

 and sent me, from Edinburgh, for my use, an example of the 

 Shagreen Ray, which appears to be a rare species here in the 



