134 THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. [April 



Lophius piscatorius Nilss., Skand. Faun., p. 245. 



11 " Gunth., Cat. Fishes, iii. p. 179. 



" " Rich., Faun. Bor. Amer., p. 103. 



*' " Storer, Fishes of Mass., pp. 71, 404. 



" Americanus DeKay, p. 162, pi. 28, fig. 87. 



This is not an uncommon fish, although I have only had an 

 opportunity of examining one specimen, which was forwarded by 

 the Rev. J. Ambrose from St. Margaret's Bay. 



Bergall. — Ctenolabrus burgall. 



Ctenolabrus burgall Gunth., Cat. Fishes, iv. p. 90. 



11 coeruleus DeKay, p. 172, pi. 29, fig. 93. 



Crenilabrus burgall Storer, Fishes of Mass., p. 78. 



Labrus burgall. Bloch., Schn., p. 251. 



This species is known to the fishermen as the l Conner.' It is 

 abundant in Halifax Harbor during the summer months, and is 

 readily taken with hook and line by boys at the wharves. In the 

 summer of 1862, when the French fleet anchored here, the sailors 

 used to catch them in great numbers for cooking, but the inhabi- 

 tants rarely touch them. At St. Margaret's Bay, according to Mr. 

 Ambrose, they are given as food to pigs ; but as the pork of these 

 fish-fed pigs always tastes oily in consequence, they are generally 

 fed upon other food, and well dosed with sulphur, for a short time 

 prior to being killed. 



Gunther gives as a variety of this species C. uninotatus, which 

 is taken in our harbor in company with the former. It differs in 

 having a black spot on the base of the two anterior soft dorsal rays. 

 DeKay makes it a distinct species. 



Pipe-Fish. — Fistularia ? 



A very fine specimen of this genus was taken on the 16th of 

 September 1863, at Portuguese Cove, near Halifax. As I had only 

 an opportunity of examining it for a few minutes after its purchase 

 by a tradesman, the following very deficient description was all 

 I could draw up at the time. It did not resemble very closely 

 the F. verrata of Storer and DeKay, nor could I identify it with 

 the F. tabacaria of the latter author, although the orbital pro- 

 cesses corresponded. It was of greater size than either of the speci- 

 mens mentioned by DeKay and Storer, and may possibly prove 

 new to the Nova-Scotian fauna. 



Description. — Extent from frontal extreme to caudal termina- 

 tion, 31 inches ; from frontal extreme to base of snout immediately 



