ZOOLOGY, 



KEPORT ON THE FISHES OF THE NOETH-EAST OF 



SCOTLAND. 



By JAMES C. HOWDEN, M.D. 



THE following list, compiled from Dr. Day's Work on British 

 Fishes, includes all known British species. Those marked 

 thus (a) have been taken in the North Sea, off the East Coast 

 of Scotland, or in the rivers or lakes embraced in the District of 

 the East of Scotland Union. 



I have thought it desirable that the local museums or private 

 collections where specimens are preserved, should be noted. Un- 

 fortunately these collections are few, and, with the exception of 

 that of Mr. Sim, far from complete. The collection in the 

 Arbroath Museum is interesting, in so far as it was made by the 

 late Dr. John Fleming, and contains specimens from which the 

 descriptions were taken for his " British Animals." The Museum 

 of the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society con- 

 tains a very fair collection, in which are many rare and interesting 

 species, amongst which may be specially noted a fine specimen of 

 the Blade Fish ( Trachypterus arcticus), from which Day's descrip- 

 tion and figure are taken. As the specimen was somewhat altered 

 and decayed, owing to imperfect preservation, when Dr. Day saw 

 it, I append a description with measurements which I made from 

 the fish while it was fresh, and which was published in the Report 

 of the Directors of the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian 

 Society for 1872, (App. B). 



Mr. Edward's list of the Fishes of Banffshire includes many 

 species which have not been found by any other observer, but as 

 the specimens are not, so far as I am aware, preserved in any 

 collection there is no means of verifying its accuracy. 



