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WITH HARD CHEEKS. 



that behind it, are long and rough ; lateral line and ridge 

 of the back on each side serrated ; a large black spot on 

 the first dorsal fin at the margin, extending between the 

 third and fifth rays. The whole body is rough : the spine 

 on the gill-covers extends nearly as far as the spine behind 

 it ; the lateral line and ridges on the back more strongly 

 serrated than on the Grey Gurnard." — " Many of these," 

 according to Colonel Montagu, " are taken in the summer 

 months on the coast of Devon by the shore-nets ; their size 

 inferior to the other Gurnards, rarely exceeding a foot in 

 length, and seldom above nine or ten inches." 



The fin-ray formula, as given by Cuvier, is as follows : — 



D. 8 — 19 : p. 11—3 : V. 1 -[- 5 : A. 17 : C. 11. 



This species occurs also in the Channel, at Boulogne, 

 and, as before mentioned, in the Mediterranean. Cuvier 

 and M. Valenciennes, in their voluminous work now in pro- 

 gress, have described the internal anatomical distinctions. 



Having stated that the various species of Gurnards are 

 chiefly obtained by a particular mode of fishing in the sea 

 called trawling, and representations being introduced at 

 the foot of this and the next page of a trawl-net, and the 

 sort of fishing-boat most common on the Sussex and Hamp- 



