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fest ill a basin of water they lay with the tail twisted round the body 

 hear the head. 



Bib, (MorrJiua lusca,) has been rather plentiful. 



Cook Wrasse, (Lairus mixtus.)^-A. specimen of this rare and beautiful 

 fish was caught by hook by a Macduff fisherman on the 8th. of November, 

 and kindly presented to me. It was of small size, its length was ten 

 inches and a half, and its depth two inches and seven-tenths; from the 

 nose to the dorsal fin it measured three inches and three-tenths, to the 

 eye one inch and a half, and to the vent five inches and seven-tenths. 

 It is impossible to do anything like justice to its colours by word painting. 

 A little below the eyes was a band of blue, shaped somewhat like a horse- 

 shoe; between the eyes was a straight one, and a little behind this second 

 a third; about half-way between the last line and the dorsal fin was a 

 large round spot of blue. The cheeks were striped with blue and orange; 

 along the sides were numerous blue spots, that appeared to have formed a 

 continuous line when in life. The dorsal fin orange, with a spot of blue 

 about an inch long on the anterior part, and tipped with blue; the tail 

 was blue; pectoral fins orange with a spot of blue at the root, ventral 

 fins orange with a spot of blue on the lower edge. The eyes were covel'ed 

 with large inflated bags. 



Unctuous Sucker, (Liparis vulgaris.') — -On the 15th. of November, a 

 specimen of this fish, rather rare here, was brought me by a boy who 

 was foraging for me, after the boats had arrived. It was beautifully 

 marked. 



Porbeagle, (Lamna cornuhica.) — A specimen of this Shark was caught 

 by a boat belonging to Macduff, on November 21st, It had seized the 

 cod-hook, and feeling itself caught, had struggled to get free, but it became 

 more and more entangled; when taken into the boat it was quite dead. 

 Some of its dimensions were as follows: — Length from nose to tail six 

 feet, from nose to eye five inches, to ventral fin one foot eleven inches, 

 to dorsal fin two feet five inches, to nostril three inches and a half; girth 

 three feet ten inches and a half, height of dorsal fin one foot one inch 

 and a half, length of pectoral fin one foot five inches; upper lobe of tail 

 one foot nine inches, lower one foot three inches. When Mr, Edward 

 opened it he found in its stomach a cod-fish cut in two, the skeleton of 

 another fish, and a good many other bones. 



Lemon Dab, Platessa microcepJiala.) — On November 23rd., was brought 

 me a specimen of this rather rare fish. Its length was seven inches, and 

 its depth two inches and nine-sixteenths, exclusive of the fins, which each 

 measured three-quarters of an inch. The anal was an inch and a half long» 



So much for fish; the remainder of our remarks shall develop themselves 

 into what relates to two birds and a moth. 



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