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years ago taken T. draco in the dredge (this being, 

 so far as I am aware, the only recorded specimen 

 of the fish from the West of Scotland), and my 

 specimen being a young one, I was able to compare 

 it with T. viper a. This left no doubt on my mind 

 that there was a marked distinction between the 

 two, as the small T. draco had none of the short 

 bunchy appearance of T. vipera, but the more 

 lengthened and elegant shape of the full-grown 

 fish. T. vipera is not so very uncommon on the 

 West of Scotland, from districts as wide apart as 

 the Lewis and the Clyde, but the larger species does 

 not seem to have been noted before our specimen. 



Blennius pholis, Lin. (Shanny). — While other blennies 

 are not infrequent on the shores of the inner lochs, 

 we have not met with this little fish, which is yet so 

 common on the shores of the islands of Mull and 

 Canna. While frequenting rock-pools, and apparently 

 able to endure long exposure to the air, as well as 

 change to fresh water, it seems thus to avoid those 

 waters that are distant from the stronger seas. 



