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Or three specimens of this Dragonet. The Rev. G. Harris has found it at 

 Gamrie. 



The Fishing Frog. {Lophius piscatorius.) " Kettach/' Sea Deevil," " Wide 

 Gab." Frequently found, and of toany sizes, sometimes the length of five 

 feet. At times they are beautifully variegated witli spots of a dull yellow. 

 Whole Cods and Lings have been found in their stomachs. They are often 

 cruelly treated by the fishermen. Sometimes they will cram large stones 

 down their throats, and then plunge them into the sea, when they sink 

 almost without having any power over themselves. At other times they will 

 fill their wide mouths with the straw they may happen to have in the boat, 

 and then enjoy the fun of seeing their vain attempts to get below the water. 



Ballan Wrasse. (Labrus bergylta.) Several of this beautiful fish were 

 caught during summer, at the foot of the rocks, amongst the sea-weeds. It 

 goes by the name of " Sea Sow." 



The Cook Wrasse. (Labrus variegatus.) A fine male specimen of this fish 

 was caught by a fisherman of Macduff, on 12th October, 1855. It was of a 

 deep orange colour, the sides being striped and spotted with bright blue. 

 The head was striped alternately with light blue, golden yellow, and a pale 

 flesh colour. The fins were of an orange colour, fringed with a delicate azure 

 blue, except the dorsal fin, which merely had a tinge of that colour on its 

 anterior margin. 



Jago's Goldsinny. [Labrus rupestris.) One specimen cast ashore during a 

 storm a good many years ago. 



Gilt Head. [Grenilabrus melops.) This is frequently found in the Frith, 

 although I have not had the good fortune to find a specimen. 



Gold Carp. {Cyprinus auratus.) This beautiful fish breeds in great abun- 

 dance in the dam of the flour and bone mill of " The Commercial Company," 

 Macduff". 



Minnow, (Leuciscus phoxinus,) is very abundant in the Isla, near Keith, 

 and in the other tributaries of the Deveron, in which it occurs more sparingly. 

 I have obtained it at the " Rack Mill," a most romantic spot on the banks of 

 the Deveron, about two miles from its mouth. 



The Pike, (Esox Indus,) is found in the Spey. 



Gar Fish. (Belone vulgaris.) " Green-bone," or " Green-been." This was 

 very plentiful during the autumn. On the 24th of August I obtained two. 

 They have been found two feet and a half in length. 



Saury Pike. {Scomberesox saurus.) On the 22nd of Nov., during a severe 

 gale of wind, Mr. Andrew Patterson, a fisherman of Macdiiff, found this rare 

 fish in the harbour. Its length was one foot from the point of the jaws to the 

 caudal fin. The top of the head was of a deep green ; the rest blue, vnt\i the 

 cheeks and gill divers of a silvery white. The back was of a deep blue, which 

 extended for about a quarter of an inch down the side. To this succeeded a 

 stripe, which appeared blue when viewed edgeways, but of a greyish colour 



