104 THE NATURALIST IN BERMUDA. 
common in all the ditches or dykes of the Pembroke 
marshes. It resembles the Anguilla vulgaris of Europe, 
sometimes attains two or three pounds in weight, and is 
very destructive to young ducklings. The ’Mudians are 
prejudiced against this fish, and will not eat it. 
BANDED Pipe Fish (Syngnathus fasciatus, De Kay). 
Length six inches. One specimen only obtained by me. 
PORCUPINE FIsH, or SEA HEDGEHOG (J'etraodon 
Very common. 
SEA Horse (Hippocampus brevirostris). Not uncommon. 

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Oct. 31, 1851. A fisherman drawing his nets for turtle 
in the harbour of Hamilton captured a curious fish, which 
he requested me to look at. I found it attached to a small 
line, swimming about the fisherman’s boat. When taken 
out of the water it uttered a grunting noise; length, twelve 
inches ; extent, fifteen. Colour of the upper parts, greenish- 
brown; membrane of the wings black, spotted with blue 
towards the extremity. Two long powerful spines. were 
recumbent on the back part of the head, and numerous 
small spines presented themselves on the posterior part of 
the body towards the tail. Could find no description of 
this fish in any work at the public library, except a brief 
account in Adam’s Encyclopedia, from which I am inclined 
to think our specimen to be the common Dactylopterus, or 
Flying Gurnard of the Mediterranean (Trigla volitans of 
Linneus), which is described as common in that sea, though 
