4'2'1 RAIID.E. 



CHONDROPTERYGll. 



RAIID^. 



*'/;/ ^' 



m 



'1^ ' 



THE SHARP-NOSED RAY. 



WHITE SKATE, Scotland. — burton skate, Cornwall. 



Raia oxyrhynchus, Sharp-nosed Ray, Montagu, Wern. Mem. vol. ii. p. 423 

 „ „ ,, ,, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 113. 



„ „ „ ,, Flem. Brit. An.p. 171, sp. 21. 



„ „ ,, ,, Jenvns, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 511,sp.20O, 



„ ,, Burton Skate, Couch's MS. 



This species, says Mr. Couch, from whose drawing the 

 figure is taken, " may be easily recognised by its sharp 

 snout, by the Avaved line of the margin of the body from 

 the snout to the extremity of the expansion, and by its pure 

 white colour on the lower surface. It is the largest of the 

 British Rays ; for though in length and breadth it may not 

 exceed the common Skate, its superior thickness renders it 

 heavier.*'"' 



