420 CARAXGID.K. 



Ciiranx dccliin^, Jonipis, Zool. Bea(/h', Fislicx, p. 68. pi. 14. 

 Trachimis trafhiirus, Ca.stchi. Aiii)ii. notir. on rares, Poiss. p. 23. 



^- ^ I 3-T^v '^- - I ^- ^- ^''t- 70-99. Cjcc. pylor. 1 2-20. 

 Vert. 10/14. 



The height of the l)o(ly is 4| to 5^ in tho total len<^th, tlio length 

 of the head 4|. Tlie snout is longer than the diameter of the eye ; 

 the upper maxillary reaches to, or slightly heyond, the vertical from 

 the anterior margin of the eye. A black blotch on the posterioi- 

 margin of the ojjcrculnm. 



From the coasts of the temperate parts of Europe, along the coasts 

 of Afiica, round the Cape of Good Hope, into the East Indian Seas, to 

 the coasts of New Zealand and West America. 



((. Fine specimen. English Coast. Purchased. 



h. Half- gro wn : skin. English Coast. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 



c, d. Adult : stuffed. Frith of Forth. 



e. Adult. South Wales. Pi'escnted by J. Stokes, Esq. 



f. Adult: stuffed. Weymouth. Presented by Lieut. H. F. Spence, 



ll.N. 

 //, A. Young. Devonshire. Mus. Leach. 

 /. Adult: siufl'ed. Mediterranean. 

 /'. Half-grown. Mediterranean. 



I. Young. South Europe. Presented by R. E. Webb, P]sq. 



m. Young : not good state. Sicilj'. Presented by W. Swainson, Escj. 

 n. Half-grown. Dalmatia. 



0. Very fine specimen. Lisbon. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 I). Half-grown. Lisbon. 



q. Adult. Mad'^ira. Presented l)y the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 



r. Half- grown. Cape of Good Hope. From the Haslar Ctjllection. 



s. Half-grown. Australia. From Mr. jMacgillivray's Collection. 



t. Half-grown : skin. Australia. From Mr. Gould's Collection 



V. Half- grown : skin. Austraha. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



('. Half-growni. Australia. Presented bj- the Earl of Derby. 



w. Half-grown. Port Jackson. From Mr. Macgillivray's Collection. 



D. H I — . A. 2 I ^. L. lat. 75. —Caranx declivis, Jen, 

 .'(■. Young. New Zealand. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 

 y. Adult. From the Haslar Collection. 

 z. Adult : skin. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 a. Half- grown. Presented by Dr. Johnston. 

 /3. Adult. 



y. Adult: skin. From Gronov's Collection. 

 a. Adult: .stuffed. 



f. Young. Fiom the Haslar Collection. 

 i^, T], Adult : skins. 



II. Half-grown: .skeleton. Port Jackson. From Mr. Macgillivray's 



Collection. 



1. Adult: skeleton. Purchased. 



Skeleton. — There are two skeletons in the British Museum, one 

 from a British, the other from an Australian specimen ; they are 

 identical in every pointy and ])rove the correctness of my o])iniou of 



