lii NATURAL HISTORY. 



8.— BLENNIUS POLARIS. 



BLENNIUS POLARIS.— .5«i: Supp. to Parry's \st Voyage—^, ccxii. 

 Hoss, App. to Parry's Polar Voyage — p. 200. 



B. iinherbis,pinms anali, candali, dorsalique, unilis. (Sabine.) 



Like the Merlangus Polaris, it well deserves the specific name bestowed on it 

 by Captain Sabine, from its having been found in the highest northern latitudes. 

 It is, however, by no means numerous, and only one specimen was obtained during 

 our late voyage ; it was taken from the stomach of a Gadus CaUarias, that was 

 caught in the inlet on the west side of the peninsula of Bootliia, and agreed, so 

 far as its mutilated state would admit of comparison, with Captain Sabine's de- 

 scription, he. cit. 



9.— COTTUS QUADRICORNIS. 



COTTUS QUADRICORNIS.— iacfp^tfe, Hist. Nat. des Poissons— vol. in., p. 241. 



Sab : Supp. to Parry's Ist Voyage — p. ccxiii. 

 Ross, App. to Parry's 3d Voyage — p. 111. 

 Block, Ich. — vol. iii., p. 146, pi. 108. 

 COTTUS SCORPOIDES.— fafc ; Faun. Grwnl.—p. 157. 



Kan-ny-yoke. — Esquimaux of Boothia. 



Is abundant along the west coast of Greenland, but is more rarely met with in the 

 higher northern latitudes. Two or three individuals were taken in a net in Felix 

 Harbour, and several were captured by the natives on the west side of the peninsula of 

 Boothia, differing in no respect from the excellent description and plate in the 

 Ichthology of Bloch. 



Fabricius observes of the Coitus Scorpius, that although in daily use, it is the 

 favourite food of the Greenlanders, and is considered wholesome for the sick ; and 

 of the Cotlus Scorpoides, that it is less savoury ; the natives of Boothia, however, 

 prize it very highly, preferring it to the codfish or salmon. 



It is also worthy of remark, that the Esquimaux of Boothia apply the same name 

 to this fish that the Greenlanders do to the C. Scorpius of Fabricius. 



