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round the British shores, on the east coasts of England 

 and Scotland. It is found at Scarborough, by Mr. Bean, 

 " very common at low tides ;" at Stockton, by Mr. Hogg, 

 " not unfrequently ;" on the coast of Northumberland, 

 common, by Mr. Alder ; at Berwick, by Dr. Johnston ; 

 and it is very abundant in the Frith of Forth. Mr. Good- 

 sir and I found it in Orkney in ten fathoms water. On 

 the west coast of Scotland it is frequent, and abundant 

 in the Irish Sea. Mr. Couch finds it in Cornwall. In 

 Ireland, Mr. Thompson informs me it is common. Mr. 

 Ball finds it at Youghal, and states that at Portmarnock 

 it is often thrown ashore in large quantities. This species 

 is found on all the coasts of Scandinavia, and probably on 

 all those of western Europe. M. Collard de Cherres re- 

 cords it along with Uraster rubens and glacialis as an in- 

 habitant of the seas near Finisterre. I am not aware of 

 its ever having been observed in the Mediterranean. La- 

 marck says it inhabits the Asiatic seas. 



Grew mentions this Starfish in his account of the Mu- 

 seum of the Royal Society ; he says it is " by some called 

 Sunfish : 'twas taken in the British seas." 



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