SKATE. 



CHONDROPTERYGU. 



421 



TiAllD^. 



THE SKATE. 



BLUE SKATE, and GREY SKATE, Scotland. 

 TINKER, Lyme Regis. 



Raid batis, Linn«us. Bloch, pt. iii. pi. 79, female. 

 ,, „ La Raie cendr6e, Cuvieu, Regne An. t. ii. p. 398. 

 „ l(Evis seu cinereti, Willughby, p. 69, C. 5, male. 



,, batis. The Skate, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 111. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 171, sp. 24. 

 ,, „ Jenyns, Man. Brit, Vert. p. 510, sp. 199. 



,, ,, ,, Couch's MS. 



This species, wliicli is frequently called the True Skate, 

 to distinguish it from the Thornback and Homelyn, which 

 are also popularly called Skate, is not so commonly taken 

 as either, but is still better than either as an article of food. 



