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their prey even into fresh water; but in the Severn the 
Tewkesbury weir acts as an arrest to their further ascent. In 
the estuary and tidal portion the young of many marine forms 
seek shelter until sufficiently old to shift for themselves; thus 
at Lydney, last August, the shrimpers in the Severn were 
taking large quantities of the young of the whiting (Gadus 
merlangus) but of too small a size to be useful for food. About 
eighty years ago a sword fish which had inflicted a fatal wound 
on a person bathing at Worcester was captured near that town. 
At Weston-super-Mare I collected the fish from the Severn 
estuary and upper portion of the Bristol Channel, while 
others are likewise included in the following list captured 
from near Bridgewater (these are marked by the letter B.) 
The bass, Labrax lupus, Lacépéde. 
Stone bass, Polyprion cernium, Valenciennes, (B.) 
Red mullet, Mullus surmuletus, Linnzeus. 
Pagrus, Pagrus vulgaris, Cuy. and Val., (B.) 
Sea bream, Pagellus centrodontus, De la Roche, (B-) 
Sea scorpion, Cottus scorpius, Bloch. 
Father lasher, 1 bubalis, Euphr. 
Elleck, or red gurnard, Trigla cuculus, Linn. 
Streaked gurnard, ” lineatus, Gmel. 
Sapphirine gurnard, »  hirundo, Bloch. 
Gray gurnard, » — gurnardus, Linn. 
The piper, » —— dyra, Linn., (B.) 
The pogge, Agonus cataphractus, Linn. 
Great weaver, Trachinus draco, Linn. 
Little weaver " vipera, Cuv. and Val. 
Mackerel, Scomber scomber, Linn. 
John doree, Zeus faber, Linn. 
Boar-fish, Capros aper, Linn. 
Sword-fish, Xiphias gladius, Linn. 
Little goby, Gobius minutus, Gmel. Linn. 
Two-spotted goby, Gobius ruthensparri, Euph. 
Parnells goby, " parnelli, Day. 
Dragonet, Callionymus lyra, Linn. 
Lump sucker, Cyclopterus lumpus, Linn. 
Sea snail, Liparis vulgaris, Fleming. 
Montagu’s sucker, Liparis montagui, Donovan. 
Angler, Lophius piscatorius, Linn. 
