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POLLACK. 



WHITING POLLACK. 



Asellus li. uitingo-pollachms, 



a Whiting Pollach, 

 Gade poUacJe, 

 Gadus pollacJiius, 



Merlangus 'pollacMus, 







Gadus pollachius, 



Wtlloughby; p. 167. 



Lacepede. RistiO. 



Li>NiBus. Bloch; pi. 68. 



Donovan ; pi. 7. 



Fleming; Br. Animals, p. 19.5. 



Jenvss; Manual, p. 446. 



Yakkell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 2o3. 



Gl'xthek ; Cat. Br. M., vol. iv, p. G38. 



The Pollack is one of our commonest fishe.s, and is found 

 on all our coasts where the nature of the giound is 

 suitable to its habits; but it becomes more scarce in the 

 extreme north of Scotland. It is also one of the few species 

 of this family that is met with in the Mediterranean, but 

 according to liisso it is not abundant in that sea. 



Its hfiunts are at no great distance from land, and it prefers 

 to keep amidst rough and rocky ground, where it lies in wait 

 on that side against which the tide happens to be flowing, 

 and, advancing from which, it is prepared to seize whatever 

 prey may come within its sight. It wanders from one station 

 to another, and if a considerable number are found togethei, 

 it is that they are drawn together by the attraction of prey, 

 the motions of which they loUow with eagerness. They then 

 swim at a good distance frcnn the botiom, and rise or fall as 

 they find occasion, by which it happens that they become 

 ent;ul^led in the trammel nets which are set near the ground; 

 and again it is common to see them iu rapid action close to 



