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©ggs possess a peculiar flavour which is attributed to the fact 

 that the fowls feed partly on fish, affording an example of 

 polyphagtj, which reminds one of the observation of John 

 Hunter, that a species of Gull {Larus tridactylus) which, 

 though commonly feeding on fish, and having its stomach 

 adapted to flesh diet, can also live on grain. Another species 

 of Grull (Larits argentatus) is said to live in the Shetland 

 Islands on grain in the summer and on fish in the winter. 



The fish supply at Pdmban is very plentiful, and a visit 

 to the ill-smelling fish bazdr always showed an abundance 

 of fish, unappetising Cephalopods, and Crustacea (Neptunus 

 pelagicm, Sci/lla serrata, ^c.) for sale. During my visit in 

 1889 the following food-fishes were obtained either by means 

 of a drag-net or from the bazdr ^ : — 



ELASMOBEANCHII (Sharks and rays). 



Carcharias. sp. juv. I Trygon uarnak. 



Zygsena malleus. | Myliobatis nieuhofii. 



Lates calcarifer. 

 Lutianus rivulatus. 

 Lutianus roseus. 

 Therapon theraps. 

 Pristipoma hasta. 

 Scolopsis. sp. 

 Gerres oyena. 

 Drepane punctata. 

 Scatophagus argus. 

 Upeneoides tragula. 

 Upeneus indicus. 

 Lethrinus nebulosus 



TELEOSTEI (Bony fishes). 



Teuthis oramin. 



Caranx speciosus. 



Caranx ire. 



Equula edentula. 



Sillago sihama. 



Mugil sj)eigleri. 



Cynoglossus macrolepidotus. 



Arius thalassinus. 



Saurida tumbil. 



Hemiramphus xanthopterus. 



Clupea. sp. 



Peilona leschenhaulti. 



My head-quarters on the island have been mainly fixed 

 at the zemindar's bungalow, situated on the top of a sand- 

 hill near the Pdmban light-house, which, were it more easy 

 of access from Madras, would make an excellent marine 

 biological station. But I have occasionally pitched my camp 

 at a muntapum on the shore at Edmesvaram, close to the 

 spot where the pilgrims go through certain mysterious cere- 

 monies and ablutions. 



The technical names given are those used in Day's Fishes of India. 



