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be excessively common in the months of September and Oc- 

 tober on the Devonshire coast, particularly off Exmouth, 

 Teignmouth, and Brixharn. Dr. George Johnston says it is 

 of frequent occurrence in Berwick Bay in Autumn ; and Dr. 

 Parnell says also that large shoals of this Grey Mullet appear 

 occasionally on the east coast of Scotland. Sir William Jar- 

 dine has sent me a specimen of twenty inches in length from 

 the Solway Frith; and Mr. Thompson of Belfast, in his 

 printed notices of recent additions to the Irish Fauna, says, 

 " the Common Grey Mullet of the North of Ireland is of 

 this species, as are likewise the only two specimens that I 

 have seen from the southern coast." 



The Arun, it has been stated, is proverbially celebrated 

 for its Grey Mullet. The vignette below represents part of 

 this river near its mouth, with Arundel Castle on the right ; 

 taken from a drawing most obligingly made by Mr. Lear for 

 this work. 



