586 NATURAL HISTORY OF 



IN. LINES. 



Length total 19 9 



„ excluding central tail feathers (which are rounded 



at the extremity) 19 2 



„ of wing 14 2 



„ of hill above, measuring curve 1 7 



„ of hill to rictus 2 3 



„ of naked tibia „ 7 



„ of tarsus 2 1 



„ of middle toe and nail 2 1 



Two-spotted Goby. Gobius Ruthensparii> Euph. Go- 

 bius bipunctatus, Yarr. — Of this fish, I, a few years ago, ob- 

 tained specimens from Portpatrick, through the kindness of 

 Capt. Fayrer, R.N. It is recorded as inhabiting the eastern 

 coast of Scotland, by Dr. Johnston and Dr. Parnell. 



Variable Wrasse. Labrm variabilis, Thomps. ; " Lab. ma- 

 culatus, Bloch. ; I have seen taken commonly on the rocky 

 coasts of Wigton and Ayrshire. It seems common in such 

 localities around the British Islands. 



Montagu's Sucker, Liparis Montagui, Flem., has on 

 two occasions been sent me from Portpatrick by Capt. Fayrer. 

 In one instance four individuals were taken at the same time 

 adhering to sea- weed (Fuci) after it had been thrown ashore 

 for manure. Dr. Johnston has met with this species on the 

 coast of Berwickshire. 



^Equoreal Pipe-fish. Syngnathus mquoreus, Linn. I 

 have been favoured with a beautiful and perfect specimen of 

 this fish, 20 inches in length, and which, along with a still 

 larger one, was found dead on the beach near Ballantrae in 

 the summer of 1838. In this specimen, as in the last I noticed, 

 (Ann. Nat. Hist.), a caudal fin, though very minute, little 

 more than half a line in length, is distinctly visible to the 

 naked eye ; under the lens five rays are very apparent. 



The Worm Pipe-fish. Syngnathus lumbriciformis, Je- 

 nyns., has been procured at Portpatrick, and thence kindly 

 sent me by Capt. Fayrer. This species, and the S. cequoreus 

 have been obtained on the eastern coast of Scotland, near 

 Berwick-on-Tweed, by Dr. Johnston; but to Dr. Parnell, who 

 has so successfully investigated the Ichthyology of the Frith 

 of Forth ■ and other portions of the British coast, neither they 

 nor the Liparis Montagui have occurred. 



Eight-armed Cuttle. Octopus octopodia, Flem. l Br. 

 Anim.' Penn. ' Brit. Zool.' vol. iv. p. 44, pi. 28, fig. 44. A 



1 See Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837, p. 159. 

 1 Here the first British specimen of the Syng. cequoreus on record, was 

 obtained by Sir Robert Sibbald. 



