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Belted Bonito (Pelamys sarda, Bloch, sp.), which had just 

 been obtained in the Newbie salmon-nets, Upper (Dumfries- 

 shire) Solway. The specimen, which measured 26^ inches 

 in length and had a weight of 8 Ibs., is being mounted 

 for the Museum. Mr. Service informs me that this capture 

 forms an addition to the list of Solway fishes for both sides. 

 It may also be mentioned that three years ago, on 7th 

 July 1893, a smaller specimen of the same species, measuring 

 21^ inches in length, and obtained in the North Sea, was 

 presented to the Museum by Mr. James Watson, fishmonger, 

 Edinburgh. 



II. SIX-GILLED SHARK AT TIREE. 



By R. H. TRAQUAIR, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. 



There has just been submitted to me a letter written on 

 5th May by Mr. P. Anderson, Scarnish, Tiree, in which the 

 capture of a peculiar fish by the fishermen fishing outside 

 the Skerryvore Lighthouse is recorded. Mr. Anderson says 

 that none of the native fishermen have ever seen a similar 

 fish ; but, from the rough sketch of the teeth contained in his 

 letter, as well as from his statement that it had only one 

 dorsal fin, and the tail " sloped away on one side," I have no 

 doubt of its having been a specimen of the Six-gilled Shark 

 (Notidanus griseus, Gmel.). The specimen is described as 

 measuring 10 feet 9^ inches from the snout to the end of 

 the tail. 



III. THE DEAL-FISH IN SHETLAND. 

 By R. H. TRAQUAIR, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. 



On the 9th of June a fish which had been thrown 

 ashore some time previously at Lunasting in Shetland was 

 received at the office of the Scottish Fishery Board and sent 

 to the Museum of Science and Art for identification. On 

 examining it, I found it to be a specimen of the Deal-Fish 

 or Vaagrnaer (Trachypterus arcticus, Briinn), but in a sadly 

 battered condition. The total length of the specimen, ex- 

 clusive of the caudal fin, which has been lost, is 6 feet 7 

 inches. 



