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several additions might have been made to the list by a diligent search. 

 Nothing like the numbers were to be found in August 1854. A nest of 

 the Pied Wagtail {Motacilla Yarrellii,) with young, was however found that 

 month in the gardens at Cokethorpe Park ; and many nests, some with eggs 

 and some with young, of the Greenfinch ; (Ooecothraustes chloris ;) neither of 

 which were observed in August, 1853. 



October, 1854. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ICTHYOLOGY OF BANFFSHIRE. 



BY W. 



(Cordinued from page 231, vol. iv.J 



Since writing the former part of this contribution, I have had the good 

 fortune to be put in a position to add considerably to the list of Fishes 

 obtained on the coast of Banffshire. In following Yarrell's arrangement it 

 will be necessary to go back a little. 



Greater Weaver. (Traehinus Draco.) A single specimen of this fish has 

 been recorded. It was caught a good many years ago. One of the persons 

 who assisted in capturing it, had his hand wounded by it ; which caused him 

 a great deal of pain, and thus impressed upon his mind the fact of its 

 capture. 



Striped Red Mullet. (Mullus surmuletus.) On the 5th Sept. I obtained a 

 specimen of this beautiful fish. It was taken on the lines of the fishermen, 

 when fishing for Cod, &c. It was of a yellow colour, except in the parts 

 where it had received some injury, where it was of a blood-red colour. Its 

 length was between six and seven inches. Three other specimens were got 

 at the same time, but unfortunately I did not obtain them. The Rev. G. 

 Harris has also found it at Gamrie, a romantic village about eight miles 

 eastward of Banff. 



Sea Scorpion. (Cottus scorpius.) 



Four-spined Cottus. (Cottus quadricornis.) 



The Pogge. (Aspidophorus Europceus.) 



Common Sea Bream. {Pagellus centrodontus.) 



Ray's Sea Bream. {Brama Baii.) Found at Gamrie, by the Rev. G. Harris. 



The Tunny. [TJiynnus vulgaris.) In 1850 one, measuring nine feet in length, 

 and five feet ten inches in girth, was killed in a Salmon net at Portsoy, a 

 village about eight miles westward of Banff. 



The Sword-Fish. {Xiphias gladius.) In showing some fishermen " Yarrell's 

 British Fishes," they identified the Sword-Fish, and remarked that they had 

 frequently seen it in the frith. 



