1. LABRUS. 71 



d. Fine specimen. Brighton. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 



e. Two feet long : stuii'ed. Plymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. 



Spence, R.N. 

 /-)•. Adult, half- grown, and young: stuffed and skins. Plymouth. 

 s-u. Adult and half-grown. Polperro. Presentedby J. Couch, Esq. 

 v-y. Adult, half-gi'own, and young: skins. British coast. From 



Mr. Yarrell's Collection, 

 5. Adidt : skin. EngUsh coast. Purchased. 

 e. Half-grown: skin. English coast. Purchased. — D. 19/11. 

 ^. Young. Devonshire. Presented by — Ross, Esq. Named La- 



brus Ihieatus. 

 ri, d. Half-grown. England. From the Haslar Collection. 

 I. Half-grown. Gibraltar. From the Haslar Collection. 

 K-fi. Half-grown. Mogador. Presented by the Eev. II. T. Lowe. 

 V, ^, o, TT. Adult and half-grown. 

 p-v. Adult: stuffed. 

 0, X. Half-grown and young. From the Haslar Collection. 



Young specimens show the praeoperculum very distinctly serrated ; 

 and traces of the serrature may be frequently found in specimens of 

 four to six inches in length, if the skin covering the praeopercular 

 edge is removed. Such specimens have been described as Labriis 

 pusillus and Crenilahrus multklentatus. 



2. Labrus donovani. 

 Cuv. 8f Vol. xiii. p. 39. 



The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is con- 

 tained thrice and three-fourths in the total ; the length of the snout 

 if one-third of that of the head. Upper parts and fins green, a 

 silvery band along the sides ; head with some irregular blue lines. 

 {Val.) 



Coasts of Bretagne. 



It is very probable that the Labrus comber of Pennant (Brit. ZooL 

 iii. p. 221. pi. 47, and edit. 1812, iii. p. 342. pi. 58) has been founded 

 on a specimen of this species. 



3. Labrus turdus. 



? Exoccetus, Rondel, vi. c. 15. p. 193. 



Turdus viridis minor, WUhnilihy, p. 320. 



? Turdus viridis major, Willughhy, p. 322; Ray, Syn. p. 137. 



Labrus, no. 2, Artvdi, Geiwra, p. 34. 



? Labrus, no. 11, Artedi, Synmi. p. 57; & no. 5, Genera, p. 34. 



? Labrus turdus, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 478 ; Bl. Schn. p. 257 ; Ri.<so, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 278, and Eur. M6rid. iii. p. 303. 

 Labrus viridis, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 478 ; Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 221. 



psittaous, Lacep. iii. p. 501. 



? Labrus saxatilis, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 300. 



