4 PERCH. 



Our Eng-lish word Perch, which is seen also in the Italian Pergesa and the French 

 Perche, is derived from the Latin pcrca, and that from the Greek Hkpicq, from ivkpKo^—-wepK.vo<;, 

 "dark coloured," perhaps from the broad black transverse bands on the sides of the fish. 



The figure on the plate is drawn from a fine specimen caught in the month of June. 



